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FIGHTER PLANES FROM AN RAAF SQUADRON THAT PLAYED A BIG PART IN REPELLING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON MILNE BAY.
CURTISS P40 KITTYHAWK FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FROM AN RAAF SQUADRON THAT PLAYED A BIG PART IN REPELLING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON MILNE BAY. GROUND CREW SIT ON THE WING TIPS TO GUIDE THE PILOT WHO COULD NOT SEE
MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1942-09. TWO BARGES, USED BY THE JAPANESE IN THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO LAND AT MILNE BAY, RIDDLED BY GUN FIRE FROM KITTYHAWK FIGHTER PLANES OF AN AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. KITTYHAWK FIGHTER PLANES OF THE RAAF IN DISPERSAL BAYS ON THE MAIN "STRIP" AT MILNE BAY. THE DROME WAS LITERALLY CARVED OUT OF A THICK COCONUT PLANTATION.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. "BELLY" OR SPARE, PETROL TANKS OF JAPANESE ZERO FIGHTER PLANES LANDED BY THE JAPS IN THEIR ABORTIVE LANDING AT MILNE BAY.
RAAF PILOTS WHO FOUGHT JAPANESE ZERO FIGHTER PLANES AND STRAFED LANDING PARTIES AT MILNE BAY. IDENTIFIED LEFT TO RIGHT:PILOT- 404355 OFFICER ROY GORDON RIDDEL, FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT J. W. PIPER, (BOTH OF
AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOTS SQUADRON LEADER TRUSCOTT, D.F.C. AND SQUADRON LEADER L. JACKSON AFTER THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE ATTACK ON MILNE BAY. TRUSCOTT BECAME WELL- KNOWN AS A FIGHTER PILOT IN ENGLAND
