The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Ready to use the guns in a Beaufort aircraft of No. 100 Squadron RAAF Flight Sergeant Eric Shipway, formerly a clerk of Port Kembla, sitting in the gun turret during a successful raid over New Britain. Fighter protection kept enemy planes at bay, but heavy anti-aircraft (AA) fire was encountered during this mission.
NEW GUINEA. THE SQUADRON LEADER H. C. PLENTY DFC (IN HELMET), WHO LED THE FORMATION OF BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF IN A SUCCESSFUL RAID AGAINST NEW BRITAIN, TAKES A PUFF AT HIS CIGARETT
AIRBORNE NEAR LINDENHAFEN, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-01-17. A BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT, CODE QH-K, RAAF SERIAL NO. A9-418, OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF FLYING ALONGSIDE THE AIRCRAFT IN WHICH THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS
NEW GUINEA. A CLOSE-UP OF A WIRELESS OPERATOR. FLIGHT SERGEANT LEE REID OF LEWISHAM DURING A FLIGHT OVER NEW BRITAIN. THE WIRELESS OPERATOR KEEPS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE OTHER PLANES IN NO
Beaufort bombers of No. 100 Squadron RAAF (Sqn code GH) preparing for a raid against the enemy in the Gasmata area, New Britain; Beauforts taking off in flight and bombing target. The Beauforts were e
AIRBORNE NEAR LINDENHAFEN, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-01-17. VIEW THROUGH THE NOSE OF A BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT. BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NOS 6, 8 AND 100 SQUADRONS RAAF TOOK PART IN A MASSED DAYLIGHT RAID
New Guinea. The RAAF has played a prominent part in the Allied campaign to drive back the Japanese in the South West Pacific and in raids and reconnaissance many of the planes have been manned by Aust
