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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 WOM. THE CATALINA, PROBABLY A24-92, BELONGED TO RAAF NO. 8 COMMUNICATIONS UNIT STATIONED AT MADANG. ON BOARD WERE, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT I.J.L. WOOD (PILOT), WARRANT OFFICER A.V. DAWSON (2ND PILOT), FLYING OFFICER B.W. BENTLEY (OBSERVER), FLIGHT SERGEANT J.W. RENWICK (ENGINEER), FLIGHT SERGEANT J. CARWARDINE (2ND ENGINEER), FLIGHT SERGEANT PETER FLETCHER (WIRELESS AIR GUNNER), SERGEANT D.N. BEATON (2ND WIRELESS AIR GUNNER), SERGEANT C. THORSBORNE (FLIGHT RIGGER AIR GUNNER), FLIGHT SERGEANT PHILIP S. LINDSAY (ARMOURER AIR GUNNER). FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WOOD WAS GIVEN AN IMMEDIATE AWARD OF THE DFC AFTER THE RESCUE.
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,
MOROTAI, NEI, 1945. CATALINA PBY A24-92 OF NO. 113 RAAF AIR-SEA RESCUE FLIGHT WITH THE CREW IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. FROM THE LEFT ARE: BACK ROW, AIR GUNNER (AG) SERGEANT L. HAY, WIRELESS OPERATOR AI
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
Group portrait of a Catalina crew of 11 Squadron RAAF. Identified left to right, back row: 12372 Sergeant (Sgt) George Byron Mclean Lucas (died of illness at Concord NSW on 17 July 1945), Rigger and A
Cairns, Qld. 1944-01-12. Crew of the Catalina flying boat aircraft, A24-40, of No. 43 Squadron RAAF. Left to right: Sergeant (Sgt) L. R. Field of Forrest Garden, SA, fitter and air gunner; Flying Offi
Group portrait of the crew of Catalina aircraft A24-40 of No. 43 Squadron RAAF. Identified, back row: Cpl Bert Clough (fitter); Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Les Langdon (1st WAG); Cpl Leo Allen (Armourer
