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At Sea. 11 August 1943. No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF personnel, transport, equipment and stores crammed on board a US Army landing craft, en route from Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands to Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua. Top level, left, 132198 Aircraftman 1 (AC1) B. (Barney) Lyons, Cook. Middle level, second from left, 121417 AC1 K. A. Thompstone, Driver, Motor Transport. The Squadron's Spitfires Mk Vc were operational on the 18 August 1943 at the new base.
At Sea. 11 August 1943. On board a US landing craft, mechanised (LCM) in transit from Goodenough Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands to Kiriwina in the Trobriand Islands, Papua. Personnel of No. 79
Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua. July 1943. No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF personnel trading for local garden produce with local natives. No. 79 Squadron personnel, left to right: u
At Sea. 20 August 1943. No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF personnel, transport, equipment and stores crammed on board a US Army landing craft, en route from Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands to
Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, Papua. 1944. Identification portrait of 132198 Aircraftman 1 B. (Barney) Lyons, Cook, No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF.
At Sea. 20 August 1943. No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF personnel, transport, equipment and stores crammed on board a US Army landing craft, en route from Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands to
At Sea. 20 August 1943. An airman of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF cooling off from the side of a US Army landing craft transporting the squadron's ground personnel, transport, equipment and stores
