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WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS RESCUES EVER CARRIED OUT BY THE RAAF, LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE WAS RESCUED AFTER HAVING SPENT THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS WITHIN TEN MILES OF THE ENEMY. IN THE RESCUE, A SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT OF A RAAF AIR-SEA RESCUE FLIGHT CARRYING TWO NATIVE POLICE BOYS LANDED ON THE KERAWARI RIVER NEAR LT CARTER'S LOCATION. THE TWO NATIVE POLICE BOYS THEN PADDLED ASHORE IN A RUBBER DINGHY AND HACKED THEIR WAY THROUGH 250 YARDS OF KUNAI GRASS TO REACH LT CARTER AND BRING HIM BACK TO THE AIRCRAFT AND FLIGHT BACK TO BASE. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE REMAINS OF LT CARTER'S AMERICAN LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD DEVELOPED ENGINE TROUBLE OVER ENEMY-OCCUPIED TERRITORY AND CRASHED AFTER LT CARTER BALED OUT.
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS RESCUES EVER CARRIED OUT BY THE RAAF, LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE, WAS
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. AFTER HIS LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE TROUBLE OVER ENEMY-OCCUPIED TERRITORY, LIEUTENANT J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AI
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS RESCUES EVER CARRIED OUT BY THE RAAF, LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE, WAS
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS RESCUES EVER CARRIED OUT BY THE RAAF, LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE WAS R
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. THE SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT OF A RAAF AIR-SEA RESCUE FLIGHT LANDS ON THE SWIFT-RUNNING WATERS OF THE KERAWARI RIVER TO BRING TWO NATIVE POL
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. THE SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT OF A RAAF AIR-SEA RESCUE FLIGHT LANDS ON THE SWIFT-RUNNING WATERS OF THE KERAWARI RIVER TO BRING TWO NATIVE POL
