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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. GROUP OF FIGHTER PILOTS, MAINLY OF NO. 76 SQUADRON RAAF. SECOND FROM THE LEFT IS SQUADRON LEADER K.W. TRUSCOTT, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 76 FIGHTER SQUADRON

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. SQUADRON LEADER K.W. TRUSCOTT, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 76 SQUADRON RAAF, RETURNS FROM AN OPERATIONAL FLIGHT AND TAXIS UP THE METAL RUNWAY TO THE DISPERSAL BAYS SET IN AMONG ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. A LOCKHEED HUDSON BOMBER CREW OF THE RAAF GOING TO THEIR PLANE TO GO OUT ON A RAID OVER ENEMY BASES. LEFT TO RIGHT:- FLYING OFFICER H. ROBERTSON, SERGEANT F. CARDEN, ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. LOCKHEED HUDSON BOMBER CREWS OF THE RAAF BEING BRIEFED OUTSIDE THE SQUADRON OPERATIONS TENT BEFORE GOING OUT ON A MISSION

Milne Bay, Papua. 1942-09. Fellow pilots of 76 Squadron RAAF, lend a hand to push Squadron Leader Truscott's plane back into the dispersal bay, as he steps out of the cockpit

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. KITTYHAWKS OF A RAAF FIGHTER SQUADRON GOING OUT ON A FLIGHT OVER MILNE BAY. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS COCONUT PALMS AND HOW DISPERSAL RUNWAYS ARE CARVED OUT OF THE THICK ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. GROUP OF FIGHTER PILOTS, MAINLY OF NO. 76 SQUADRON RAAF. THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF 76 SQUADRON, SQUADRON LEADER K.W. TRUSCOTT, IS SEEN THIRD FROM THE LEFT, EVIDENTLY ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOTS PLAY DRAUGHTS WHILE WAITING FOR ALARM CALLS. LEFT TO RIGHT: FLYING OFFICER P.B. JONES; FLIGHT SERGEANT R.W. CRAWFORD; PILOT OFFICER N.C. TODD; ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. IN THE LUNCH TENT ON THE "STRIP" AS THE MILNE BAY AIRFIELD IS CALLED. LEFT TO RIGHT:- SQUADRON LEADER LES JACKSON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 75 FIGHTER SQUADRON RAAF, ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. FIGHTER PILOTS OF THE RAAF STANDING BY AT THEIR AIRFIELD. LEFT TO RIGHT:- PILOT OFFICER BRUCE BROWN; SQUADRON LEADER L. JACKSON, 75 SQUADRON; FLIGHT LIEUTENANT V. ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. BOMBER AND FIGHTER PERSONNEL OF RAAF SQUADRONS TAKE IT EASY. LEFT TO RIGHT:- FLIGHT-SERGEANT A.W. MALCOLM, (HUDSON SQUADRON), FLIGHT-SERGEANT W.R. SWANSON (HUDSON ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. KITTYHAWK FIGHTER PLANES OF THE RAAF IN DISPERSAL BAYS ON THE MAIN "STRIP" AT MILNE BAY. THE DROME WAS LITERALLY CARVED OUT OF A THICK COCONUT PLANTATION