Efaté - WWII Corsair Wreck

A stop off the Efaté Ring Road at Napara, a shallow wreck of a World War II Corsair that ditched just off shore	Ex U.S. Marines dumping site 1942-1946	There's a small museum of World War II artefacts, but it is rather limited	Old bullets
US military canteens and trays	World War II-era Coca-Cola bottles	World War II-era map of Efaté	The F4U Corsair, the wreck we're here to see
From the museum, a narrow channel leads through the mangroves out to the lagoon	Mangroves on the north side of Efaté, Vanuatu	Guide poling the boat through the shallow waters of the mangroves	Mangroves, Efaté-Vanuatu
The lagoon on the northeast side of Efaté	Mangroves, Efaté	Mangroves, Efaté	A fisherman stands in the shallow water in front of the striking outline of the island of Mataso
Low tide in the lagoon	The Corsair ditched just off shore from the Quoin Hill Fighter Strip at the northeast corner of Efaté	Cockpit of a U.S. F4U Corsair fighter	Engine cowling of the Corsair
The wreck of the Corsair sits in very shallow water and is covered in algae	The rudderless remains of the vertical stabiliser	The right wingtip of the Corsair	The horizontal stabilizer and elevators of the Corsair
Hard corals have started to form on the tail of the Corsair	Coral growing on the left wing of the Corsair whose tip is buried in the sand	Coral and small fish colonizing the wreck of the American Corsair	The Corsair ran out of fuel just shy of the landing strip on Efaté
Corsair Wreck, Efaté-Vanuatu	There's apparently another well-preserved Corsair nearby in 30m of water	Front window frames of the F4U Corsair wreck, Efaté-Vanuatu	Pilot's view of the Corsair Wreck, Efaté
View from inside the cockpit of the Corsair wreck, Efaté-Vanuatu	Right wing of the Corsair, Efaté	Right wingtip of the Corsair wreck, Vanuatu	Right wingtip of the Corsair wreck, Vanuatu
Right wingtip of the Corsair wreck, Vanuatu	Engine cowl of the Corsair wreck	Engine cowl of the Corsair wreck	Corsair wreck, Efaté-Vanuatu
Head-on view of the Corsair, Efaté-Vanuatu	Corsair wreck, Efaté-Vanuatu	Corsair wreck, Efaté-Vanuatu	A worthwhile excursion
Paddling back through the mangrove channel	He charged around $20 I believe