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NEW GUINEA. DESPITE BOTH ELEVATORS BEING BADLY DAMAGED BY ACK ACK FIRE AND SHRAPNEL HAVING TORN THE TYRES OF BOTH LANDING WHEELS TO THE CANVAS, A FLYING FORTRESS WAS FLOWN 400 MILES TO ITS BASE IN NEW GUINEA, AND LANDED SAFELY. THE PILOT WAS 1ST LIEUT. JAMES C. DIOFFENDERFER OF LOGAN, VIRGINIA. THE FORTRESS WAS DAMAGED IN ATTACKING A CONVOY. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE TORN TYRES. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
NEW GUINEA. DESPITE BOTH ELEVATORS BEING BADLY DAMAGED BY ACK ACK FIRE AND SHRAPNEL HAVING TORN THE TYRES OF BOTH LANDING WHEELS TO THE CANVAS, A FLYING FORTRESS WAS FLOWN 400 MILES TO ITS BASE IN NEW
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
NEW GUINEA. LIEUT. GENERAL GEORGE KENNY JUST AFTER DECORATING 2ND LIEUT. VICTOR FRANCO, ROCHESTER, PENN., WITH SILVER STAR AND SQUADRON COMMANDER WILLIAM BENN, WASHINGTON PENN., WITH THE DISTINGUISHED
Beaufort crew of No. 100 Squadron RAAF which took part in a raid on Gasmata, Dutch New Guinea, and returned safely despite anti-aircraft (ack ack) damage severing the elevator control of their aircr
NEW GUINEA. LIEUT GENERAL GEORGE KENNY DECORATES WITH A SILVER STAR STAFF SERGEANT FRED CHRISTMAS OF RUTLAND, VERMONT. CHRISTMAS WAS A MEMBER OF A FLYING FORTRESS CREW WHICH SANK A JAPANESE DESTROYER
N CLASS DESTROYER HMAS NESTOR UNDER AERIAL ATTACK WHILST ON CONVOY DUTY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ON 1942-06-15. NESTOR, BADLY DAMAGED IN THE ATTACK, WAS TAKEN IN TOW BY RN DESTROYER HMS JAVELIN BUT DESPIT
