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RABAUL, 1943-11-02. AIR STRIKE BY SEVENTY-FIVE B25 MITCHELL BOMBERS AND EIGHTY P38 LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT OF THE US FIFTH AIR FORCE ON JAPANESE SHIPPING IN SIMPSON HARBOUR. (DONOR: W. TUCK)

MARKHAM VALLEY, NADZAB, NEW GUINEA, 1943. WORKING PARTY SETTING OUT CAMP SITE. L TO R, SERGEANT BRUMBY, RON MCLEOD, LES MCCRADDON

WEWAK AREA, NORTH NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-19. A BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF, CODE QH, SERIAL NO. A9-427, IN FLIGHT "ON A BASH" - MISSIONS AND STRIKES MIGHT BE THE CORRECT OFFICIAL ..

TADJI NEAR AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-10. BOMBS BEING HAULED ON A TRAILER BEHIND A TRUCK TO AIRCRAFT OF NO. 8 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF. THIS SQUADRON HOLDS THE WORLD RECORD FOR ONE DAYS ..

MEMBERS OF THE 39TH BATTALION, AMF, PARADE AFTER WEEKS OF FIGHTING IN DENSE JUNGLE DURING THE KOKODA CAMPAIGN. THE OFFICER IN FRONT IS LIEUTENANT JOHNSON. THE MEN STANDING BEHIND HIM, FROM THE ..

Portrait of Colonel Robert Sands (centre) and two permanent German officers captured in New Guinea, Captain von Klevitz and Lieutenant Meyer. (original album held in AWM archive store)

WRECKAGE OF A JAPANESE ZERO AIRCRAFT STANDING NOSE FIRST IN THE GROUND

PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 9 MARCH 1970. A FINAL BRIEFING IN THE JUNGLE FOR THESE SOLDIERS FROM 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), BEFORE MOVING OUT ON OPERATION ..

CHRISTMAS DAY OPEN AIR SERVICE

RABAUL, 1943-11-02. AIR STRIKE BY SEVENTY-FIVE B25 MITCHELL BOMBERS AND EIGHTY P38 LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT OF THE US FIFTH AIR FORCE ON JAPANESE SHIPPING IN SIMPSON HARBOUR. (DONOR: W. TUCK)

Rabaul, 1943-11-02. Air strike by 75 B.25 Mitchell bombers and 80 P38 Lightning aircraft of the Fifth Air Force on Japanese shipping in Simpson Harbour. (Donor: W. Tuck)

RABAUL, 1943-11-02. AIR STRIKE BY SEVENTY-FIVE B25 MITCHELL BOMBERS AND EIGHTY P38 LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT OF THE US FIFTH AIR FORCE ON JAPANESE SHIPPING IN SIMPSON HARBOUR. (DONOR: W. TUCK)