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MADANG, NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-01. 414977 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT I. J. WOOD OF CORINDA, QLD, CAPTAIN OF A CATALINA AIRCRAFT OF NO. 111 AIR SEA RESCUE FLIGHT RAAF WHICH FIGURED IN A DRAMATIC RESCUE OF SIX AMERICANS OFF THE COAST NEAR BORAM IN NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. FOR HIS GALLANT ACTION HE RECEIVED AN IMMEDIATE AWARD OF THE DFC.
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-01. IN 1944-12 THE STORY OF THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF AN AMERICAN AIR-CREW WHICH HAD CRASH-LANDED IN THE SEA IN ENEMY-CONTROLLED WATERS NEAR BORAM IN NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA WAS
NEAR WEWAK, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-10. A RAAF CATALINA RESCUING FIVE AMERICAN AIRMEN FROM A 5TH BOMBER COMMAND COMBAT REPLACEMENT AND TRAINING CENTRE B25 AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS DOWNED FOUR MILES FROM CAPE WO
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-27. OLD, BUT STILL PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN RESCUE AND COMMUNICATION WORK IN NEW GUINEA IS THE SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE DUCK.
Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945-10-01. A group of officers from Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), aboard RAAF Crash Launch no. 08-40 of No. 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight. The man stand
Portrait of Flying Officer Ken Sounness of Mt Barker, WA, 22 year old pilot of No. 31 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAAF, who stayed to protect the crew from Japanese shore fire until they were rescued when
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-05-17. PORTRAIT OF FLYING OFFICER TOM ELLIS OF BELLINGEN, NSW, BEAUFIGHTER PILOT OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF WHO RECEIVED AN IMMEDIATE AWAR
