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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1943-11. RETURNING FROM AN AIR ATTACK ON RABAUL THIS BEAUFORT CREW OF NO. 6 SQUADRON RAAF SHOWED MAGNIFICENT COOLNESS WHEN BOTH ENGINES FAILED. THEY ARE RECEIVING CUPS OF COFFEE FROM PADRE C. T. DEBENHAM, BOONAH, QLD. FROM LEFT: FLYING OFFICER (FO) DAVIDSON; FO ALAN OVERLAND, MURRAY BRIDGE, SA, TURRET GUNNER; FO JOHN "PLUTE" RYAN, SUNBURY, VIC, NAVIGATOR; FO RAY SMITH, CLAYFIELD, QLD, PILOT; FO RON FLANAGAN, MT LAWLEY, WA (A MEMBER OF ANOTHER BEAUFORT CREW IN THE SAME MISSION); FLIGHT LIEUTENANT DEBEHAM.
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-18. AN INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF WEST AUSTRALIANS WITH NO. 6 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF WHICH FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN THE "BASHES" ON RABAUL. STANDING BEHIND
Goodenough Island, New Guinea. Just back from a night strike at Rabaul, the crew of an Australian made Beaufort bomber of No. 100 Squadron RAAF leaving their aircraft from the dorsal turret. Left to r
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944-10. SERGEANT PILOTS WHO FLEW THREE OF THE BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT IN THE ATTACK ON RABAUL MADE BY THE COMBINED BOMBER FORCE FROM NOS. 6, 8 AND 100 SQUADRON
Goodenough Island, New Guinea. c. 1944. Three members of a Beaufort bomber crew bathing in a river at the base of a small waterfall near Vivigani Airfield. Left to right: 422062 Flying Officer (FO) F.
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1944-02-21. AMERICAN RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVE MISS BERT HENDRIE OF NEW YORK SERVING COFFEE TO RAAF PERSONNEL AT AN ADVANCED OPERATIONAL BASE. FROM LEFT: PRIVATE
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. C. 1943-11. RAAF BEAUFORT CREW OF NO. 6 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF ON THEIR RETURN FROM A HEAVY NIGHT RAID ON RAPOPO AND VUNAKUNAU AERODROMES AT RABAUL. THE COMMANDIN
