The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This depicts the workshop and temporary shelter at the Vivigani airfield, Goodenough Island, New Guinea. The hangar was used by 26 Repair and Salvage Unit, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and the large covering structure was erected in ten days. These units carry out repairs on crashed and damaged aircraft. To the left a Curtiss p-40, Kittyhawk fighter, and to the right a DAP Beaufort bomber, are shown in various states of repair. Alan Moore, was appointed an official war artist in November 1943. He served in New Guinea, Middle East and Europe and returned to Australia 1945.
Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua, 1944-03-07. RAAF aircraft undergoing repairs at the large repair hangar operated by No. 26 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF. The aircraft in the centre f
Pile of main planes at repair and salvage unit. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Records Section and he w
Photographs relating to 79906 Leading Aircraftman Herbert Henry Hall, 11 Repair and Salvage Unit. From Mareeba, Queensland, Hall enlisted on 8 December 1942 and served in New Guinea and Borneo. He ret
Goodenough Island, New Guinea. c. 1944. Three members of a Beaufort bomber crew bathing in a river at the base of a small waterfall near Vivigani Airfield. Left to right: 422062 Flying Officer (FO) F.
Pacific Star. Unnamed as issued. Associated with the service of 42868 Leading Aircraftman Ernest Lee. Lee was born Yorkshire, England on 5 June 1908 and was working as a miner when he enlisted in th
Photographs relating to 79906 Leading Aircraftman Herbert Henry Hall, 11 Repair and Salvage Unit. From Mareeba, Queensland, Hall enlisted on 8 December 1942 and served in New Guinea and Borneo. He ret