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40196 Sergeant (Sgt) James Rupert Wilson (middle) and 416205 Sgt Thomas Ian Butterfield (right) of No. 30 Squadron RAAF beside their Beaufighter aircraft. Sgts Wilson and Butterfield were lost on ..

Port Moresby, Papua. 1942. Washing day for Sergeant F. G. Cassidy, a navigator of No. 30 Squadron RAAF. Sgt Cassidy's tent was typical of accommodation available to members of the Squadron at ..

Bismarck Sea. 1943-03-03. A Japanese transport vessel on fire after attack by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea fought about 40 miles north west of ..

Gasmata, New Britain. 1943-07-20. Aerial photograph of the Japanese airfield unserviceable after numerous strikes by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF. (Donor F. Cassidy)

Goodenough Island, Papua. 1943-09. Group portrait of air crew of `A' Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAAF in front of one of the Squadron's Beaufighter aircraft on Vivigani Airfield. The navigators are ..

June Valley, Moresby, Papua. 1942-12-09. Portrait of Wing Commander Brian R. (`Blackjack') Walker DSO, Commanding Officer of No. 30 Squadron RAAF. (Donor F. Cassidy)

Milne Bay, New Guinea. 1942-07. Four members of No. 30 Squadron RAAF beside their tents in a camp amongst palm trees. Left to right: Flying Officer Douglas G. Raffen (pilot), Sergeant (Sgt) Harold ..

Melbourne, Vic. 1945. Port view of the wooden hulled Uralba tied to Station Pier. In 1942 Uralba was commissioned in the RAN where she operated as a minefield tender and an auxiliary boom defence ..

The nose art showing a boxing rooster on a Beaufighter aircraft (A19-74) of 30 Squadron, RAAF. This aircraft later crashed into the sea off Goodenough Island on 11 August 1943 killing both crew ..

Bismarck Sea. 1943-03-03. A Japanese merchant vessel receives a direct hit while another bomb is a near miss to the stern. This vessel was part of a large Japanese convoy attacked by Allied ..

New Britain. 1943. Aerial photograph of a bay showing a Japanese barge burning and sinking near the shore, possibly after strafing by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF. (Donor K. ..

Two men stand at the main entrance to the RAN War Criminal Compound at the RAN shore base, as a bare footed member of the Royal Papuan Constabulary is about to raise the flag of the Royal Naval ..