Miss Innocence was a late model P-40N which served with the 35th Fighter Squadron in 1943. Each aircraft in this Squadron was identified by an alphabet letter on the nose, in this case an E. You can see that this has been used as the last letter of the fighter's name. A smaller name, 'Carly' appears above the letter E as well.

In the background you can see a camouflaged hut with U.S 55-gallon gas drums out the front. Miss Innocence is seen here at the former Kila Drome near Port Moresby, also known earlier in the war as 3-Mile. On the former WW2 Drome today is a high-school and a gold course.

Note the leading edges of the wing are painted white. This was to assist with aircraft identification during combat - no Japanese fighters had white leading edges.

A final interesting point is the fuel tank slung underneath the aircraft. These were actually built by Ford Australia in their car plants at Melbourne and Geelong.

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