A Victorian police officer taking photos of exotic plants on Papua New Guinea's Kokoda Track has discovered what's thought to be the remains of a World War II pilot.
The officer photographed the moss-covered skeleton of what could prove to be an airman lost during heavy fighting nearly 70 years ago, hanging from metal cabling on a tree.
Guide David Collins, from Melbourne's No-Roads trekking company has informed Australian authorities in PNG's capital Port Moresby, who are now checking records to see if any pilots were reported missing in that area.