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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03-16. AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF TWO ATTACKS BY BOSTON BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 22 SQUADRON RAAF CARRIED OUT AT LOW LEVEL. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT W. E. NEWTON LED THE ATTACK AGAINST STORES BUILDINGS, GUN EMPLACEMENTS AND TWO NEWLY INSTALLED 40,000 GALLON FUEL TANKS WHICH CAN BE SEEN BLAZING UNDER A PALL OF SMOKE. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT NEWTON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR A SERIES OF SUCH ATTACKS AT THIS TIME.
Picture shows the attack on the Isthmus and foreshore. The aircraft in foreground is strafing down the Isthmus, setting fire to the damaged stores buildings. After dropping their bombs on the south sh
This posthumous portrait of Newton in his flight gear was based on a photograph provided by the VC's brother Lindsay, and was the result of extensive research by the artist. While Cook reported the p
Studio portrait of 250748 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) William Ellis Newton VC. Flt Lt Newton was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his extraordinary courage during ten months of operational f
SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-21. AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF TWO ATTACKS BY RAAF BOSTON BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 22 SQUADRON IN EARLY 1943. THIS ATTACK WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE COMPARATIVELY HIGH LEVEL OF 15,0
A few days before Benina was captured, South African bomber aircraft made heavy attacks upon the landing ground. Buildings and aircraft were badly damaged. Aerial view shows accurate bombing of ground
Heilbronn, Germany. 1944-12. This striking RAF Film Unit photograph taken from a RAAF cine-Lancaster piloted by 420437 Flight Lieutenant B. A. Buckham DFC of Penshurst, NSW, was during the Bomber Comm
