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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 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 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. 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
NEW GUINEA. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN OIVI AND MYOLA LAKES, NEAR KOKODA. THE ROUGH TERRAIN AND UNSTABLE AIR CONDITIONS PRESENTED HAZARDS FOR LOW FLYING, AND THE THICKNESS AND SAMENESS O
