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Darwin, NT. c. September 1945. Survivors disembarking from a Catalina aircraft, code RK-O, serial no. A24-95, of No. 42 Squadron RAAF, into a RAAF launch, no. 011-12, on arrival at Darwin after they had been picked up from a Japanese hospital. The survivors were from the United States Army Air Force flying in a Douglas C47 transport aircraft which crashed into the sea. Washed ashore on Jamdena Island in the Tanimbar Group, the survivors were Captain Otto Leipske of Waukesha, Wisconsin, pilot; Lieutenant Howie Crothers of Little Rock, Arkansas, 2nd pilot; Captain John Rodof of Tulsex, Oklahoma, a passenger; Sergeant Frank Termin of Borger, Texas, radio operator; and Corporal Eugene Janicker of Cameron, Texas, an engineer.
Darwin, NT. c. September 1945. Survivors disembarking from a Consolidated Catalina aircraft, code RK-0, serial no. A24-95, of No. 42 Squadron RAAF, into a RAAF launch, no. 011-12, on arrival at Darwin
Darwin, NT. c. September 1945. Survivors coming ashore in a RAAF launch, no. 011-12, with a crew of a Catalina aircraft of No. 42 Squadron RAAF, after they had been picked up from a Japanese hospital.
Darwin, NT. c. September 1945. A Consolidated Catalina aircraft of No. 42 Squadron RAAF, tying up to a buoy at Doctor's Gully after picking up from a Japanese hospital survivors from the United States
A NO. 42 SQUADRON CATALINA, RK-P, FRAMED BY THE EMPENNAGE OF NO.20 SQUADRON CATALINA A24-301.
Noreen Dudgeon of Rose Bay, NSW, instructs US Naval personnel in visual signalling. Left to right: Third class Signallers E. W. Schwaller of Appleton, Wisconsin; W. G. Hunter of Monroe, Wisconsin; Joe
LEYTE, PHILIPPINES. 1945-06-23. MEN OF NO. 42 SQUADRON RAAF SERVING ON DETACHMENT AT A UNITED STATES NAVY AIR BASE ON MINE LAYING AND COURIER MISSIONS, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SLIPWAY TO BRING THEIR CATAL
