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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943-07. TWO BEAUFIGHTER CREWS OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF WHO PICKED UP A JAPANESE CAMOUFLAGED SUPPLY SHIP DURING AN ATTACK ON JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT JACQUINOT BAY, NEW ..

SAMARAI, NEW GUINEA. 1932-09-21. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) SEEN FROM THE BEACH. AN AIRCRAFT HANDLING CRANE HAS NOW BEEN FITTED BUT THERE IS STILL NO CATAPULT. ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943-07. FLYING OFFICER KEITH NICHOLSON, NORTHAM, WA (LEFT) AND HIS OBSERVER FLYING SERGEANT KEN DELBRIDGE, ASHGROVE, QLD, OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF AFTER THEY ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-21. CORPORAL J. T. BIGNALL, NEWCASTLE, NSW, ARMOURER, PREPARING THE BOMB LOAD FOR A BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF

OFF NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1943-06-09. A DESTROYED JAPANESE MITSUBISHI BOMBER AIRCRAFT, ALLIED CODE NAME "BETTY", VICTIM OF TWO BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT ENGAGED ON THE WAY TO NEW BRITAIN. THE ..

NABIRE, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1943-06-09. THE JAPANESE HELD AIRFIELD ON THE SOUTH COAST OF DUTCH NEW GUINEA UNDER A PALL OF SMOKE AFTER AN AIR ATTACK BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT BASED IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

NABIRE, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1943-06-09. THE JAPANESE HELD AIRFIELD ON THE SOUTH COAST OF DUTCH NEW GUINEA WHICH WAS ATTACKED BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT BASED IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1943-08-29. BLACK SMOKE BILLOWS UP FROM JAPANESE BARGES ON FIRE AFTER BEING BOMBED BY BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04. HMAS BUNDABERG (J231) SECURED ALONGSIDE REMNANTS OF ALEXISHAFEN WHARF AFTER DISEMBARKING TROOPS AND AMMUNITION TO ASSIST IN THE CAPTURE OF SEK ISLAND. NOTE THE 20 ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1943-07. WING COMMANDER CLARRIE GLASSCOCK (LEFT) OF ABBOTTSFORD POINT, SQUADRON CO, AND FLYING OFFICER NED KELLEY OF NEWCASTLE, NSW, OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF. ..

VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-10-12. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT KEN BARBER OF WOOLOOWIN, QLD, A PILOT OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF, EATS A SNACK ON RETURN TO BASE FROM AN EPIC FIGHT WITH ..

OFF NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-21. A JAPANESE MITSUBISHI BOMBER AIRCRAFT, ALLIED CODE NAME "BETTY", WHICH WAS FORCED TO CRASH-LAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO ITS BASE AT RABAUL