The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. LIEUT EDWARD SOLOMAN (SUFFOLK VIRGINIA) PILOT OF A MITCHELL BOMBER AIRCRAFT. BOMBS FROM THIS PLANE SCORED HITS ON TWO SHIPS IN THE JAP CONVOY DESTROYED IN THE BISMARCK SEA BATTLE ON MARCH 2/3. SOLOMAN, AGED 23, GRADUATED FROM FLYING SCHOOL IN USA SIX MONTHS' AGO, AND HAS ALREADY FLOWN 33 COMBAT MISSIONS. WITH HIM IS SGT. K.A. RICHARDS, RAAF WIRELESS AIR GUNNER. RICHARDS COMES FROM MARRICKVILLE SYDNEY NSW AND FLIES WITH AN AMERICAN PILOT IN THE SAME SQUADRON. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY & BROWN).
NEW GUINEA. GENERALS AT BATTLEFIELDS. AGAINST SEEMINGLY IMPREGNABLE DEFENCES WHICH THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ALLIED LAND FORCES, GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY SAID EQUALLED THE BEST OF THE FIRST WORLD
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 415369 Flight Lieutenant Donald Linthorne Watson, Nos. 11 and 33 Squadrons, and 112 Air Sea Rescue Flight, Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands