The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Coverage of the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Scenes include: 30 Squadron RAAF Beaufighters flying in formation, 30 Squadron RAAF Beaufighters and their crew, strafing attacks on Japanese ships, barges and rafts photographed from attacking Beaufighter, interior shots of RAAF Photographic Section and RAAF operations room Port Moresby and close-up of final tally of 22 ships sunk. No. 75 Squadron RAAF Kittyhawks and pilots, bombing-up USAAF B-25 Mitchell bombers. Identified personnel: Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) 'Torchy' Uren, Flying Officer (FO) Alec Spooner of Northam, Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Ross Little of Perth, FO Maguire, Wing Commander Hampshire, FO Dick Hunt, 'Black Jack' Walker, Brigadier General Ramey, Air Commodore Hewitt, Group Captain Garing, Sqn Ldr McArthur Air Intelligence, Sqn Ldr Marshall, Sqn Ldr Wilfred Arthur 75 Squadron RAAF.
Cinesound Review newsreel of RAAF and USAAF action against the Japanese convoy in the Bismark Sea on 2 and 3 March 1943 resulting in the loss of twenty two ships and fiftheen thousand Japanese troops.
Armourers and fitters working on Beaufighter and Boston aircraft, shots from a bomb trolley and bombing-up Bostons with 500 lb and 250 lb bombs, Kittyhawks, Wirraway directing 25 pounder artillery fir
MILNE BAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. C. 1943-10-30. FAMOUS FOR THEIR MOUSTACHES, MEMBERS OF NO. 6 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF. LEFT TO RIGHT: WING COMMANDER W. G. LEER DFC AFC; SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) D. G. BU
Port Moresby, Papua. 1942. Aircrew of `A' Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAAF, in front of one of the squadron's Beaufighter aircraft. Left to right: Standing: Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Nelson, Sergeant (Sgt
A flight of P40 Kittyhawk pilots of 76 Squadron, RAAF are briefed by 481 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Peter St George Turnbull, DFC for a training flight. Kittyhawks taking off and in flight. Sqn Ldr Tur
Three members of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF at their base in Malta with two visitors. Identified left to right: Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) John 'Bay' Adams DFC, AFC, leader of 76 Squadron RAAF; and Sqn Ldr
