The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BOB HOPE AND PARTY RECEIVE A TUMULTUOUS WELCOME FROM LIBERATOR FORMATION BASED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. HOPE CHRISTENED THE MACHINE WHICH WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR. THE PERSONNEL WITH THE UNIT WERE PIONEERS OF THE BOMBING RAIDS ON PALAU, YAP AND THE PHILIPPINES. THEY BELONG TO FAMOUS "KEN'S-MEN" FORCE. READING LEFT TO RIGHT: PATSY THOMAS, DANCER; FRANCIS LANGFORD, SINGER; TONY ROMANO GUITAR, COLONEL H. HAWTHORNE, BOB HOPE, JERRY CALONNA AND BENNY DEAN SITTING. (GIVEN BY AMERICAN WHO SAID WE COULD USE THEM).
Entertainer Bob Hope and party received a tumultuous welcome from a Consolidated B24 Liberator formation based in Dutch New Guinea. Hope christened the machine 'Bob's Hope' which was named in his hono
New Guinea. Entertainer Bob Hope and party received a tumultuous welcome from a Consolidated B24 Liberator formation based in Dutch New Guinea. Hope christened the machine 'Bob's Hope' which was named
