Betikama High School War Museum
Honiara
Guadalcanal
+ 0677 30223
Monday – Thursday 08:00 – 17:00
Friday & Sunday 08:00 – 12:00
Closed Saturday
Aircraft collection
| BW157
06662 – |
Bell P-400 Airacobra (wreck)
Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless (wreck) Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat (wreck) |
Where on Display
| EntranceVarious Plane Engines
P39 Bell Airacobra – in 1 piece American Douglas SBD-3 Dive Bomber – US Navy #06662 – 29 Sep 42-29 Dec 42 (3 Months Service) – in 1 piece Long Range Bomber Drop Tank – rusted American Jerry Cans – rusted American Fire Extinguisher Japanese ?mm Deck Gun Carrier Universal (Bren Gun Carrier) Naval Gun Barrels Japanese ?30/40?mm Mountain Gun Out the BackOutside “?” the Croc M2 Cletrac Tractor – This was used to push big Aircraft around the Airfield. Japanese ?mm Mountain Gun Piper Cherekee Plane “The Flying Priest” Inside Centre American & Japanese Machine Guns Left to Right B-17 Belly Gunners Turret – minus gun 44 Gallon Drum of the US QMC (QuarterMasters Corps) – good condition Mortar Carriers Back Pack US Oil Can Part of the Fusalage from a B-24D Bomber from Marovo Lagoon – Blondie or ? Various Artillery/Navy Shell’s Japanese Rotary Magazine from Machine Gun Japanese Knee Mortar Tube Helmet – British Helmet – American Helmet – Japanese Army Japanese Gas Masks Japanese Water Bottle American Water Bottle with Bullet Hole entry and exit |
At the Betikama school is a small open-air museum with artefacts from the battle of Guadalcanal (1942-1943).