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Two Wirraway aircraft of No. 4 Squadron, RAAF, in mirror formation over the Causeway. A20-160 was subsequently shot down by ground fire whilst on a tactical reconnaissance mission over Buna, New Guinea, on 23 December 1942; the pilot, Flying Officer G Hocking, and observer, Major W F O'Hara (No. 2 Air Liaison Section, AIF), were both killed. The Wirraway flying upside down, A20-103, was the aircraft in which Pilot Officer John S (Jack) Archer and Sergeant J L (Les) Coulston shot down a Japanese Zero fighter on 26 December 1942. This Wirraway is now in the Australian War Memorial Collection.
A Wirraway aircraft, A20-103, of No. 4 (Wirraway) Squadron, RAAF in flight. The crew flying the aircraft include Johnny Utber (pilot), Corporal (Cpl) Herbert (Herb) Barrow and Cpl John Griffiths. This
Pilot Officer (PO) John S (Jack) Archer and Sergeant J L (Les) Coulston, both from Melbourne, Vic, seated in No. 4 Squadron, RAAF, Wirraway A20-103. On 26 December 1942 this crew was flying A20-103 on
Pilot Officer (PO) John S (Jack) Archer and Sergeant J L (Les) Coulston, both of Melbourne, Vic, standing in front of Wirraway, A20-103 aircraft of No. 4 Squadron, RAAF. On 26 December 1942 this crew
Pilot Officer (PO) John S (Jack) Archer seated in the cockpit of No. 4 Squadron, RAAF, Wirraway A20-103. On 26 December 1942 PO Archer, with his observer Sergeant J L (Les) Coulston, both from Melbour
A CA-5 Wirraway aircraft in flight, with the serial number A20-103. This aircraft served with 4 Squadron RAAF and on 26 December 1942 shot down a Japanese fighter (thought at the time to be a Mitsubis
Informal portrait of Pilot Officer (PO) John S (Jack) Archer, No. 4 Squadron, RAAF, shaving. On 26 December 1942 PO Archer, with his observer Sergeant J L (Les) Coulston, both from Melbourne, Vic, wer
