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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-25. A VERSATILE ANSON AIRCRAFT OF NO. 10 COMMUNICATIONS UNIT RAAF BASED AT TOROKINA SKIRTS UP THE COAST AS THE CREW WATCH FOR THE CONCEALED POSITION ..

CENTRAL BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-01. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF PEARL RIDGE, SHOWING THE TORTUOUS TRACK TAKEN BY AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES. IT IS 3500 FEET HIGH AND IS COVERED BY ..

PIVA AIRFIELD, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-16. AIRCREW PERSONNEL OF THE RAAF AND ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE COMPARING NOTES AROUND THE NEW ZEALAND CORSAIR AIRCRAFT, ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-01-28. CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES AND RAAF IS HAVING SUCCESSFUL RESULTS. AN ARMY SIGNALLER RECEIVING FIRE ORDERS FROM ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-25. A VERSATILE ANSON AIRCRAFT OF NO. 10 COMMUNICATIONS UNIT RAAF BASED AT TOROKINA SKIRTS UP THE COAST AS THE CREW WATCH FOR THE CONCEALED POSITION ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945. THIS IS THE OPEN AIR STAGE BUILT OF WASTE CASES AND SCRAP BY THE BOYS OF A RAAF BEAUFORT BOMBER SQUADRON. THE PLANS WERE DRAWN UP BY LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN JOHN ..

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-04. SINCE THE RAAF ORGANISED SURF PATROLS ALONG THE NORTH NEW GUINEA COAST, MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED. WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE FORMATION OF THIS PATROL, ..

NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-09. NOT ONLY DO AIRMEN AND GROUND FORCES HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THIS TYPE OF RUGGED JUNGLE COUNTRY BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO FACE SHEER ROCK-FACED CLIFFS LIKE THOSE SHOWN ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1944. A CASUALTY IN A STOKES LITTER BEING PUT ABOARD A MOTOR LAUNCH OF THE RAAF RESCUE SERVICE WITH THE HELP OF TWO PAPUAN NATIVE CREW MEMBERS

WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. A RAAF CAMERAMAN, IN A PROTECTING AIRCRAFT, PHOTOGRAPHED LIEUTENANT (LT) CARTER STANDING ALONGSIDE HIS PARACHUTE, WHICH HE HAD SPREAD ON THE GROUND AS ..

TADJI, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS RESCUES EVER CARRIED OUT BY THE RAAF, LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE, WAS ..

VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-11. 401751 FLYING OFFICER (FO) ARCH W. MOORE OF BENDIGO, VIC, A PILOT OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF. ON 1943-11-28, FO MOORE WAS ON A TEST FLIGHT OVER ..