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NEW GUINEA. AIR BATTLES IN NEW GUINEA. SIX INDISPUTABLE PROOFS OF ALLIED AIR SUCCESS IN NEW GUINEA. SIX ZEROS SHOT DOWN BY ALLIED AIRMEN IN THE BUNA-GONA AREA WHICH BURST INTO FLAMES WHEN THEY HIT THE GROUND AND SPLATTERED THE JUNGLE WITH BURNING OIL AND PETROL CAUSING FIRES WHICH COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES. THE PILOTS WHO SHOT DOWN THESE ENEMY PLANES HAD NO DIFFICULTY IN ESTABLISHING THEIR CLAIMS TO THE "KILLS". THE DOG FIGHTS IN WHICH THESE ZEROS WERE SHOT DOWN WERE FOUGHT AT A HEIGHT TOO GREAT FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ACTUAL COMBAT. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
NEW GUINEA. AIR BATTLES IN NEW GUINEA. SIX INDISPUTABLE PROOFS OF ALLIED AIR SUCCESS IN NEW GUINEA. SIX ZEROS SHOT DOWN BY ALLIED AIRMEN IN THE BUNA-GONA AREA WHICH BURST INTO FLAMES WHEN THEY HIT THE
BUNA, NEW GUINEA. C. 1943. PILOT OFFICER JOHN S. ARCHER, NORTH BALWYN, VIC, PILOT OF WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT A20-103 OF NO. 4 SQUADRON RAAF WHO SHOT DOWN A JAPANESE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ON 1942-12-26 DURING TH
NEW GUINEA. LIEUT J.H. LANE OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA SITTING ON HIS P38 FIGHTER. THE FOUR FLAGS PAINTED ON THE SIDE INDICATE HE HAS SHOT DOWN 4 ZEROS IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03-04. A SURPRISE STRAFING ATTACK BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. UREN AND FLYING OFFICER R. H. ROE (RAAF) ON MALAHANG AIRFIELD, IN WHICH SIX JAPANESE ZEROS AND ONE REFUELLING TANKER
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03-04. A SURPRISE STRAFING ATTACK BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. UREN AND FLYING OFFICER R. H. ROE (RAAF) ON MALAHANG AIRFIELD, IN WHICH SIX JAPANESE ZEROS AND ONE REFUELLING TANKER
GONA, PAPUA. ALLIED PLANES BOMB JAPANESE POSITIONS. ALLIED PLANE WHICH BLEW TO PIECES IN MID-AIR. TAIL AND FIN PORTIONS CAN BE SEEN FLOATING DOWN AMIDST THE WRECKAGE.
