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WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1943-06-19. BEAUFIGHTER A19-(LY- ) OF NO 30 SQUADRON RAAF FLOWN BY SQUADRON LEADER E.M BALL WHICH CRASH LANDED ON WARDS STRIP, SKIDDED INTO AN EMBANKMENT AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE AIRFIELD AND BURNT. THE TRIM TAB WIRES WERE FOUND TO BE INADVERTENTLY REVERSED. SQUADRON LEADER BALL AND HIS NAVIGATOR WARRANT OFFICER GREG HARDMAN SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT. (DONOR E.M. BALL)
WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-11-18. DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY NO 30 SQUADRON RAAF BEAUFIGHTER A19-4 (LY-D) DURING AN ATTACK ON LAE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN ON THIS RAID BY WING COMMANDER B.R. WALKE
WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-11-18. DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY NO 30 SQUADRON RAAF BEAUFIGHTER A19-4 (LY-D) DURING AN ATTACK ON LAE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN ON THIS RAID BY WING COMMANDER B.R. WALKE
MEGIGI STRIP, CAPE HOSKINS, NEW BRITAIN, 1943-09-19. THE JAPANESE AIRFIELD PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A NO 30 SQUADRON BEAUFIGHTER FLOWN BY SQUADRON LEADER G.M. BALL. (DONOR E.M. BALL)
Ward's Airfield, Papua. 1943-06-11. Beaufighter aircraft (A19-101, LY-D) of No. 30 Squadron RAAF on the airfield after crash landing due to hydraulic failure. (Donor K. Delbridge)
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1943-08. NO 30 BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRON RAAF, WARDS STRIP. FLYING OFFICER GEORGE T. DICK, NAVIGATOR, OF BRISBANE, QLD, OUTSIDE THE SQUADRON OPERATIONS ROOM. (DONOR GEORGE DICK)
Coomalie Creek, NT. November 1944. Armourers from No. 31 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAAF lift a rocket from a bomb trolley prior to fitting the warhead to the rocket. This particular aircraft, serial A19
