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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. NO 1 AIRSTRIP SHOWING A PERFORATED STEEL PLATE TAXIWAY IN THE FOREGROUND AND CURTISS P-40 KITTYHAWK FIGHTERS OF THE RAAF IN THE BACKGROUND. ON THE LEFT IS ARRIVING AN RAAF DE HAVILLAND DH 84 DRAGON COMMUNICATIONS AIRCRAFT BRINGING AIR COMMODORE HEWITT FROM GOODENOUGH ISLAND. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943. CURTISS P-40E KITTYHAWK FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF IN THE DISPERSAL AREA OF GURNEY AIRSTRIP, MILNE BAY, FROM WHICH THE SQUADRON OPERATED. (DONOR: R. CRESSWELL)
c. 1941. Port Moresby, Papua. Mail is unloaded from a De Havilland DH 84 aircraft which flew mail in from Cairns daily. The plane is being refuelled by local men and the nose of the aircraft is painte
Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua, 1944-03-07. RAAF aircraft undergoing repairs at the large repair hangar operated by No. 26 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF. The aircraft in the centre f
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943. CURTISS P-40E KITTYHAWK FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF IN THE DISPERSAL AREA AT GURNEY STRIP, MILNE BAY, FROM WHICH THE SQUADRON OPERATED. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN SH
Coomalie, NT. 1945. Front view of five De Havilland DH-98 P.R. Type Mosquito aircraft lined up to the side of the airstrip. They were flown by members of No. 87 (Photographic Reconnaissance) Squadron,
Coomalie, NT. 1945. Port side view of five De Havilland DH-98 P.R. Type Mosquito aircraft lined up to the side of the airstrip. They were flown by members of No. 87 (Photographic Reconnaissance) Squad
