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DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-07. A DOUGLAS TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT IS THE FIRST LARGE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEW STRIP BUILT BY ENGINEERS OF THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: LIEUTENANT RICHARD A. GRANT OF WASHINGTON, DC; LIEUTENANT COLONEL B. A. SHAW OF MASSACHUSETTS, USA.
DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-07. A DOUGLAS TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT IS THE FIRST LARGE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEW STRIP BUILT BY ENGINEERS OF THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION. IDE
DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-07. A DOUGLAS TRANSPORT IS THE FIRST LARGE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEW STRIP BUILT BY THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION BATTALION.
DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-07. A DOUGLAS TRANSPORT IS THE FIRST LARGE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEW STRIP BUILT BY THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION BATTALION.
DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-07. A DOUGLAS TRANSPORT IS THE FIRST LARGE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEW STRIP BUILT BY THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION BATTALION.
DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-07. A DOUGLAS TRANSPORT IS THE FIRST LARGE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEW STRIP BUILT BY THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION BATTALION.
Dreger Harbour, New Guinea. 1943-12-07. A Douglas transport plane is the first large aircraft to land on the new strip built by the 870th United States Aviation Battalion.
