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Photograph 018456 Second World War, 1939-1945New Guinea. 1945. The first Douglas C47 transport plane to land on the Dagua airstrip.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. 1945. Engineering equipment to be overhauled at Aitape being loaded on to a Douglas C47 transport plane on the Dagua airstrip.
New Guinea. 1945. The first Douglas C47 transport plane to land on the Dagua airstrip.

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. MAIL BEING LOADED ABOARD AN RAAF COURIER PLANE. THIS DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA WAS THE FIRST COURIER AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEWLY RECONDITIONED LAKUNAI AIRSTRIP.

NEW GUINEA. HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT BEING LOADED INTO A TRANSPORT PLANE IN WHICH IT WILL BE FLOWN TO AN ADVANCED BASE WHERE WOUNDED WILL BE TREATED WHILST AWAITING TRANSPORT. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

NEW GUINEA. HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT BEING LOADED INTO A TRANSPORT PLANE IN WHICH IT WILL BE FLOWN TO AN ADVANCED BASE WHERE WOUNDED WILL BE TREATED WHILST AWAITING TRANSPORT. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. A DOUGLAS C47 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE BEING UNLOADED ON THE AIRSTRIP.

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-29. MAJOR- GENERAL R H WORDSWORTH, BRITISH ARMY, (2), WITH LIEUTENANT- COLONEL J A BISHOP, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER I HQ 6 DIVISION, (1), ON ARRIVAL AT TADJI AIRSTRIP BY RAAF
