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RAAF ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW GUINEA AREA ARE NOT CONFINED TO FLYING AIRCRAFT. IT HAS SPEEDY LAUNCHES FOR SUPPLYING ISLAND POSTS. THIS LAUNCH HAS ANCHORED OFF A SMALL SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC ISLAND TO TAKE ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN H. DEVESON OF NORTH WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC, IS COPYING WITH A CAMERA THE SERIES OF PRINTS THAT MAKE UP THE AREA. THESE ARE SENT TO BOMBING SQUADRONS AS ..

IN FLIGHT BETWEEN HOLLANDIA, DUTCH NEW GUINEA AND AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. INTERIOR OF AIRCRAFT CARRYING ARTHUR DRAKEFORD, THE MINISTER FOR AIR (IN PANAMA HAT), AND HIS PARTY ..

VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944. FLYING OFFICER TOM DAVIDSON OF MELBOURNE, VIC, A RAAF WELFARE OFFICER, IS BALANCED PRECARIOUSLY ON THIS COLLAPSIBLE UPHOLSTERED STOOL

VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN F. H. EDELSTEN, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, RESTS ON HIS PARK BENCH MADE OF PSP (PIERCED STEEL PLATING, USED TO SURFACE AIRSTRIPS) IN BETWEEN ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. C. 1944. AERIAL VIEW OF LAKUNAI AERODROME LOOKING NORTH WEST

BUKA ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944. AERIAL VIEW OF BUKA AIR FIELD WITH NORTH SOLOMONS. LOOKING ACROSS BUKA STRAIT SOUTH SOUTH-WEST DOWN THE WEST COAST OF BOUGAINVILLE

VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944. THE ENDS OF A FOLDING CAMP STRETCHER WERE USED TO MAKE THE SEAT FOR FIRST LIEUTENANT JIM BOWLES RAAF OF BELLEVUE HILL, NSW (LEFT). FLYING OFFICER JIM ..

New Guinea. C. 1944. Aerial photograph of an airfield runway, with aircraft parked in front of the tree-line

SIMPSON HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. C.1946. THE HARBOUR FRONTING RABAUL CAPITAL OF THE MANDATED TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA, VIEWED FROM TALILIGAP ON THE KOKOPOP RIDGE ROAD. (PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN OFFICIAL ..

NEW BRITAIN. C. 1944. AERIAL VIEW OF GASMATA AIR FIELD (LOOKING NORTH) ON NEW BRITAIN

New Guinea. Aerial view of terrain along the coast showing thick vegetation either side of an airfield landing strip