{"id":8100,"date":"2016-11-04T22:19:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T20:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=8100"},"modified":"2025-02-15T15:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T13:29:15","slug":"betikama-high-school-war-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/betikama-high-school-war-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Betikama College War Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Betikama school<\/strong> is a small open-air museum with artefacts from the <strong>battle of Guadalcanal<\/strong> (1942-1943).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Betikama College War Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Honiara<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guadalcanal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/05\/06\/solomon-islands\/\"><span class=\"txt\">Solomon Islands <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">+ 0677 30223<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Monday &#8211; Thursday 08:00 &#8211; 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Friday &amp; Sunday 08:00 &#8211; 12:00<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Closed Saturday<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d251890.76018802842!2d159.86751577342022!3d-9.439532998849716!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x6f285d88655d1317%3A0x4a868aac10cf9dec!2sBetikama%20College%20War%20Museum!5e0!3m2!1snl!2snl!4v1739626027088!5m2!1snl!2snl\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/betikama-high-school-war-museum\/bell-p-400-airacobra-bw157-wreck\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8101\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Bell-P-400-Airacobra-BW157-wreck.jpg\" alt=\"Bell P-400 Airacobra BW157 (wreck), Betikama High School War Museum\" class=\"wp-image-8101\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>BW157<p><\/p>\n<p>06662<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p><\/td><td>Bell P-400 Airacobra (wreck)<p><\/p>\n<p>Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless (wreck)<\/p>\n<p>Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat (wreck)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where on Display<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Entrance<\/span><\/b>Various Plane Engines<p><\/p>\n<p>P39 Bell Airacobra \u2013 in 1 piece<\/p>\n<p>American Douglas SBD-3 Dive Bomber &#8211; US Navy #06662 \u2013 29 Sep 42-29 Dec 42 (3 Months Service) \u2013 in 1 piece<\/p>\n<p>Long Range Bomber Drop Tank &#8211; rusted<\/p>\n<p>American Jerry Cans &#8211; rusted<\/p>\n<p>American Fire Extinguisher<\/p>\n<p>Japanese ?mm Deck Gun<\/p>\n<p>Carrier Universal (Bren Gun Carrier)<\/p>\n<p>Naval Gun Barrels<\/p>\n<p>Japanese ?30\/40?mm Mountain Gun<\/p>\n<h4>Out the Back<\/h4>\n<p>Outside<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;?&#8221; the Croc<\/p>\n<p>M2 Cletrac Tractor \u2013 This was used to push big Aircraft around the Airfield.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese ?mm Mountain Gun<\/p>\n<p>Piper Cherekee Plane &#8220;The Flying Priest&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Inside<\/p>\n<p>Centre<\/p>\n<p>American &amp; Japanese Machine Guns<\/p>\n<p>Left to Right<\/p>\n<p>B-17 Belly Gunners Turret \u2013 minus gun<\/p>\n<p>44 Gallon Drum of the US QMC (QuarterMasters Corps) \u2013 good condition<\/p>\n<p>Mortar Carriers Back Pack<\/p>\n<p>US Oil Can<\/p>\n<p>Part of the Fusalage from a B-24D Bomber from Marovo Lagoon \u2013 Blondie or ?<\/p>\n<p>Various Artillery\/Navy Shell\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>Japanese Rotary Magazine from Machine Gun<\/p>\n<p>Japanese Knee Mortar Tube<\/p>\n<p>Helmet \u2013 British<\/p>\n<p>Helmet \u2013 American<\/p>\n<p>Helmet &#8211; Japanese Army<\/p>\n<p>Japanese Gas Masks<\/p>\n<p>Japanese Water Bottle<\/p>\n<p>American Water Bottle with Bullet Hole entry and exit<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Betikama school is a small open-air museum with artefacts from the battle of Guadalcanal (1942-1943). 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