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AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. RAAF AIRMEN USING A BULLDOZER TO CLEAR AWAY THE SCRUB AND OVERBURDEN TO PREPARE FOR A CORAL QUARRY. THE CORAL WAS THEN USED AS FOUNDATION FOR AN AIRSTRIP IN THE AREA.
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. NOT A MACHINE GUN: CORPORAL A. J. WHYTE, QLD, A RAAF POWDER MONKEY, SHOULDERS HIS PNEUMATIC DRILL AFTER PREPARING FOR BLASTING. HIS HAS BEEN DRILLING CORAL T
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) C. F. LARSEN, MT JUKES, AND LAC J. L. SIMPSON, GEELONG, VIC, CLEAR JUNGLE FROM A CORAL FACE TO BE USED AS A QUARRY.
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. CORPORAL A. J. WHYTE, QLD, A RAAF POWDER MONKEY, USES A PNEUMATIC DRILL TO DRILL CORAL TO BE USED AS FOUNDATIONS FOR AN AIRSTRIP IN THE AITAPE AREA.
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. CORPORAL A. J. WHYTE, QLD, A RAAF POWDER MONKEY, USES A PNEUMATIC DRILL TO DRILL CORAL TO BE USED AS FOUNDATIONS FOR AN AIRSTRIP IN THE AITAPE AREA.
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. ARTHUR DRAKEFORD, THE MINISTER FOR AIR, TALKING TO RAAF AIRMEN IN FRONT OF A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF ON THE TADJI AIRSTRIP DURING A VISI
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-02. RAAF AIRMEN SEATED AND STANDING ON A CAPTURED JAPANESE PETROL TANKER WHICH IS USED FOR REFUELLING ALLIED AIRCRAFT ON THE RAAF BUILT AIRSTRIP AT TADJI.
