The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two aircraft damaged by Japanese attacks at Port Moresby are shown. In the foreground is a US Bell P39 Airacobra which crashed into the sea after an encounter with a Japanese Zero fighter. The Consolidated Catalina flying boat in the rear was machine-gunned at night in Port Moresby harbour and burnt out whilst at mooring.
A US Bell Aircobra aircraft is depicted in a Dispersal Bay at Seven-Mile Drome near Port Moresby, New Guinea. The Bell P39 Airacobra fighter aircraft used for aircraft was used in the Second World War
A group of men are shown repairing a Bell P39 Airacobra fighter aircraft on an airfield in New Guinea. A cluster of petrol drums can be seen in the foreground.
A United States Bell P39 Airacobra aircraft is depicted at the Bomana aerodrome in Port Moresby
Depicts unidentified men of the Australian Military Forces waiting to proceed on leave aboard a Consolidated Catalina flying boat at Port Moresby.
An RAAF Consolidated Catalina aircraft, which has been damaged by gunfire in a raid on Port Moresby, is shown. The Catalina was the most widely used flying boat of the war. It flew in all of the major
Watercolour sketch of activities at the Catalina flying boat base in Port Moresby. Two men stand on the jetty undertaking some repairs, while other aircraft are already up in the sky. Dargie noted,
