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KEEPING THE DEFENCE IN ORDER AT AN ADVANCED OPERATIONAL BASE IN NEW GUINEA. JAPANESE RAIDERS ARE FINDING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY AGAINST OUR FORWARD BASES OWING TO THE ..

ALLIED BOMBER PILOTS AT A FORWARD OPERATIONAL BASE DISCUSS DETAILS OF A RAID TO BE MADE AGAINST THE JAPANESE POSITIONS IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY PARER)

PORT MORESBY. LIEUTENANT JOHN HALL OF ALABAMA, A PILOT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS AIRACOBRA 40TH PURSUIT SQUADRON. HE IS DISPLAYING THE SQUADRON'S DEVIL EMBLEM ON HIS TUNIC AND ON THE ..

New Guinea. 1944-02-17. In the big air raid on the Japanese held base of Kavieng, New Ireland, eight of the attacking Allied planes were shot down. A Catalina landed four times on the harbour and, ..

AUSTRALIAN GROUND DEFENCE UNITS OPERATING A SEARCHLIGHT DURING AN ENEMY NIGHT RAID AGAINST OUR POSITIONS IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY PARER)

New Guinea. 1944-02-20. RAAF members are now flying American Liberator aircraft operating in New Guinea. Every state except Tasmania is represented in the Liberator crews. Shown: Flight Lieutenant ..

PORT MORESBY. A GROUP OF PILOTS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORP AIRACOBRA 40TH PURSUIT SQUADRON. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER.)

SGT. K.P. HILL TALKS WITH TROOPER J.J. FITZGERALD WHILE THE INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE ARE ON MANOEUVRES. (NEGATIVE BY PARER)

CAPT. LEWIS B. MENG OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, LEADER OF THE SQUADRON OF AIRACOBRAS, WHO IS HIMSELF CREDITED WITH ONE ZERO CONFIRMED ONE PROBABLE, AND HAS DONE GROUND STRAFING AT LAE, WHERE THE ATTACKING ..

JAPANESE AIR RAID ON PORT MORESBY. BOMBS BURST ALONG THE WATERFRONT

A GROUP OF THE SURVIVORS OFF THE "MACDHUI" SUNK IN PORT MORESBY ON 18 JUNE 1942. THE SEAMEN WERE ABLE TO SAVE ONLY THE CLOTHES THEY WERE WEARING BUT NEVERTHELESS THEY COULD RAISE A SMILE. MOST OF ..

1942-08-06. WITH THE ALLIED TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. RIFLEMAN HARRY HELTON, WHO KNOWS AS MUCH ABOUT THE WILDS OF NEW GUINEA AND OF THE NATIVES AS ANY MAN. OF IRISH-SCOTCH-AUSTRALIAN DESCENT HE HAS ..