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NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. REMAINS OF NAKAJIMA J1N1 GEKKO "IRVING" NIGHT FIGHTER AIRCRAFT IN THE RABAUL/GAZELLE PENINSULA AREA. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. WRECKAGE OF A JAPANESE KAWANISHI H8K "EMILY" FLYING BOAT LYING IN SHALLOW WATER IN THE RABAUL/GAZELLE PENINSULA AREA. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. WELL PROTECTED FORMER JAPANESE STORAGE LOCATIONS IN THE RABAUL AREA. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. ENTRANCE TO A FORMER JAPANESE POSITION ON THE GAZELLE PENINSULA. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. THE INTERIOR OF A JAPANESE WIRELESS RECEIVER/ TRANSMITTER INSTALLATION NEAR RABAUL. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ENGINES IN THE JUNGLE IN THE RABAUL/GAZELLE PENINSULA AREA. THE ENGINES WERE Ha-25 USED IN Ki-43 "OSCAR" AIRCRAFT. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. VIEW INTO A JAPANESE UNROOFED MACHINERY PLANT HUT NEAR RABAUL. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. VOLCANIC HILLOCKS AND A BACKWATER OF SIMPSON HARBOUR NEAR RABAUL. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. SMALL HILLOCKS OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN IN THE RABAUL AREA. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945. JAPANESE AICHI E13A1 "JAKE" SEAPLANE IN SURRENDER MARKINGS OF WHITE WITH GREEN CROSSES. ON 1945-10-14 THIS AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN INTO JACQUINOT BAY AND SURRENDERED TO RNZAF FORCES. ..

Four surrendered Japanese aircraft after arrival at the RNZAF airfield at Jacquinot Bay. The formation consisted of three Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zero fighters of the Imperial Japanese Navy ..

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09. A JAPANESE NAKAJIMA Ki-43-I (SERIAL NUMBER 750) HAYABUSA "OSCAR" AIRCRAFT AT RABAUL. THIS MACHINE WAS REPAIRED AND PACKED BY JAPANESE SERVICEMEN THEN FORWARDED TO AUSTRALIA ..