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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943. CURTISS P-40E KITTYHAWK FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF IN THE DISPERSAL AREA AT GURNEY STRIP, MILNE BAY, FROM WHICH THE SQUADRON OPERATED. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER THE AREA WAS BOMBARDED BY JAPANESE ARTILLERY AND DEBRIS CAN BE SEEN ON THE TAILPLANE OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE FOREGROUND. (DONOR: R. CRESSWELL)
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943. CURTISS P-40E KITTYHAWK FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF IN THE DISPERSAL AREA OF GURNEY AIRSTRIP, MILNE BAY, FROM WHICH THE SQUADRON OPERATED. (DONOR: R. CRESSWELL)
DARWIN, N.T. 1942. ARMAMENT PERSONNEL OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF LOADING BELTS OF .5 INCH AMMUNITION INTO M2 BROWNING MACHINE GUNS OF A CURTISS P-40E KITTYHAWK FIGHTER AIRCRAFT WITH WHICH THE SQUADRON WA
A No. 76 Squadron RAAF P-40E Kittyhawk at dispersal, Milne Bay. (D. BRAUND COLLECTION)
MILNE BAY, PAPUA, C.1944-06. SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT VC EE564 (A58-104) OF NO. 79 SQUADRON RAAF IN DISPERSAL BAY AT NO. 1 STRIP (GURNEY FIELD). THIS AIRCRAFT WAS AT GURNEY FIELD BETWEEN 19 AND 26 JUNE. (DON
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. KITTYHAWK FIGHTER PLANES OF THE RAAF IN DISPERSAL BAYS ON THE MAIN "STRIP" AT MILNE BAY. THE DROME WAS LITERALLY CARVED OUT OF A THICK COCONUT PLANTATION.
Livingstone, NT. 20 January 1943. Flying Officer Cox (left) and Flight Lieutenant Meecham, pilots of No. 77 Squadron RAAF, handling a bomb under one of the Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk fighter aircraft wit
