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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-07-02. "TROPO", THE FEROCIOUS CAT DEVOURING JAPANESE RATS IS THE EMBLEM (NOSE ART) PAINTED ON THE KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF SHARED BY FLYING OFFICER (FO) A. W. C. MORRISON OF PROSPECT, SA, AND FO G. P. GRATTON OF BELAIR, SA, IS APPRAISED BY SQUADRON LEADER R. C. (DICK) CRESSWELL OF POTTS POINT, NSW, THE COMMANDING OFFICER, SITTING IN HIS JEEP.
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-07-02. "TROPO" THE FEROCIOUS CAT DEVOURING JAPANESE RATS IS THE EMBLEM (NOSE ART) PAINTED ON THE KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF SHARED BY FLYING OF
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-07-02. THE EMBLEM "GHOST SHIP" (NOSE ART) PAINTED ON THE KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER J. V. HACKETT OF TOWNSVILLE, QLD.
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-07-05. FLYING OFFICER J. A. T. HODGKINSON, ORANGE, NSW, A PILOT OF NO. 77 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF, STANDING NEXT TO THE EMBLEM "HODGIE" (NOSE ART) PAINTED ON
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-07-05. A MACABRE TOUCH IS GIVEN BY THE SKULL AND CROSSBONES EMBLEM (NOSE ART) PAINTED ON THE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF FLOWN BY FLIGHT SERGE
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-07-02. "SECRET WEAPON" IS THE EMBLEM (NOSE ART) PAINTED ON THE KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF FLOWN ALTERNATELY BY SERGEANT A. S. ROBERTSON OF MELB
The nose art showing a pouncing tiger painted onto a 77 Squadron, RAAF, P40 Kittyhawk which is based at Vivigani, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea. This aircraft was usually flown by Flight Sergean
