The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Myola, Papua, 1942-10. A United States Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft carries out a supply dropping mission to the 2/4th and 2/6th Field Ambulances (not in view) which are camped on the plain below. Myola is an area of dry lakes located on a wide plateau at an altitude of 5,000 feet above sea level. Although clouds often close in around midday, the area provides an ideal site for the re-supply by air of Australian forces advancing along the Kokoda Trail. In carrying out their missions, many USAAF airmen tended to drop the supplies from too great a height, causing them to drift off into the surrounding jungle-covered hills from where they were never recovered. By contrast, RAAF airmen always carried out their drops at low level, leading to full recovery of the supplies.
Myola, Papua, 1942-10. A United States Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft carries out a low-level supply dropping mission to the 2/4th and 2/6th Field Ambulances (not in view) which are camped on the pla
Myola, Papua, 1942-10. A United States Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft carries out a supply dropping mission to the 2/4th and 2/6th Field Ambulances (not in view) which are camped on the plain below.
Myola, Papua, 1942-10. Two United States Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft (centre and left) carry out a supply dropping mission to the 2/4th and 2/6th Field Ambulances (not in view) which are camped on
Myola, Papua, 1942-10. A RAAF aircraft (left) comes in at low level on a supply dropping mission to the 2/4th and 2/6th Field Ambulances (not in view) which are camped on the plain below. Myola is an
Myola 2, Papua, 1942-10. The early morning sun shines over the tops of the jungle-covered hills in the background onto an open plain near the location of the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th F
Garoka, New Guinea, 1945-11. The RAAF Aircrew Rest Camp known as 'Lamana', meaning 'Eternal Springs', which is located in the highlands at an altitude of 5,000 feet. Well-tended rows of shrubs, part o
