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PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-16. REPAIRED UNDERCARRIAGE OF A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY TOM FRENCH, NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. HE AND LIEUTENANT SNOOKS OF AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU) HAD REPAIRED THE AIRCRAFT WITH COPPER WIRE AND BRANCHES FROM MANGROVE TREES ON THE BEACH WHERE IT HAD BEEN DAMAGED IN THE SAND. THEY THEN SUCCESSFULLY FLEW THE HASTILY REPAIRED AIRCRAFT TO PORT MORESBY. (DONOR D. THATCHER)
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-03-01. MAJOR HOBCROFT, WAR GRAVES COMMISSION, BESIDE THE TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY DAN THATCHER, NO.1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. IN LANDING IN THE LONG KUNAI GRASS, THA
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12. DAN THATCHER (LEFT) AND TOM FRENCH, BOTH OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. (DONOR D. THATCHER)
DOBODURA, NEW GUINEA. GRASS HUT USED BY MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, AND BUILT BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU). (DONOR D. THATCHER)
TOMA, NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, ARE TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY A POLE OARSMAN. THEY HAD LANDED A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT ON A STRIP 150 YARDS L0NG ON ONE SIDE OF THE R
TOMA, NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF, ARE TRANSPORTED ACROSS A RIVER BY A POLE OARSMAN. THEY HAD LANDED A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT ON A STRIP 150 YARDS L0NG ON ONE SIDE OF THE R
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-03-01. ONE OF THE AIF GUARDS WHO PROTECTED MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU) AS THEY CUT THE LONG KUNAI GRASS TO MAKE AN AIRSTRIP. THE STRIP WAS
