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MADANG, NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-01. IN 1944-12 THE STORY OF THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF AN AMERICAN AIR-CREW WHICH HAD CRASH-LANDED IN THE SEA IN ENEMY-CONTROLLED WATERS NEAR BORAM IN NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA WAS TOLD. THE CAPTAIN OF THE RESCUING CATALINA FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) I. J. L. WOOD, IPSWICH, QLD, RECEIVED AN IMMEDIATE AWARD OF THE DFC FOR HIS SKILL AND GALLANTRY. WITH HIS CREW, AND AIRCRAFT OF NO. 111 AIR SEA RESCUE FLIGHT RAAF, LEFT TO RIGHT: FLT LT WOOD, FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) D. N. BEATON, WARBURTON, VIC, FLYING OFFICER B.W. BENTLEY, MAGILL, SA, WARRANT OFFICER A. V. DAWSON, NAROGIN, WA, FLT SGT P. FLETCHER, SOUTHPORT, QLD, FLT SGT S. BENWICK, BANKSTOWN, NSW, SERGEANT C. THORSBOURNE, BRISBANE, QLD, FLT SGT P. S. LINDSAY, CREMORNE, NSW AND FLT SGT S. A. CARWARDINE, KUKERIN, WA.
NEAR WEWAK, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-10. A RAAF CATALINA RESCUING FIVE AMERICAN AIRMEN FROM A 5TH BOMBER COMMAND COMBAT REPLACEMENT AND TRAINING CENTRE B25 AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS DOWNED FOUR MILES FROM CAPE WO
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-01. 414977 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT I. J. WOOD OF CORINDA, QLD, CAPTAIN OF A CATALINA AIRCRAFT OF NO. 111 AIR SEA RESCUE FLIGHT RAAF WHICH FIGURED IN A DRAMATIC RESCUE OF SIX AMER
NEAR WEWAK, NEW GUINEA 1944-11-10. AN RAAF CATALINA RESCUING 5 AMERICAN AIRMEN OF 5TH BOMBER COMMAND COMBAT REPLACEMENT AND TRAINING CENTRE B25 WHICH WAS DOWNED FOUR MILES FROM CAPE WOM. THE CATALINA,
Fenton, NT. 1945-03. An informal group portrait of a crew of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 21 Squadron RAAF, beside their aircraft. Left to right: Back row: 430697 Flying Office
Wellington, New Zealand. C. 1943-06. The all-Australian "Pathfinder" crew of the first Lancaster bomber to be flown from the UK to Australia and New Zealand and which created a record in the process.
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. C. 1945-08-15. HOW THE WAR ENDED AT RAAF'S MOST WESTERLY BASE IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CATALINA AIRCRAFT OF NO. 113 AIR SEA RESCUE FLIGHT RAAF OPERA
