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KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-13. FLYING OFFICER W.H.R. SMITH, 12 LOCAL AIR SUPPLY UNIT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BESIDE HIS TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT. IT IS THE FIRST AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE AIRSTRIP SINCE THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. THE STRIP WAS PREPARED BY NATIVES AND 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS.
KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-13. THE TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT WITH FLYING OFFICER W.H.R. SMITH, 12 LOCAL AIR SUPPLY UNIT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE AT THE CONTROLS TAKING OFF. IT W
KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-13. THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER W.H.R. SMITH, BEING RECEIVED BY 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS AND NATIVES. IT
KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-13. FLYING OFFICER W.H.R. SMITH, 12 LOCAL AIR SUPPLY UNIT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, PILOT OF THE FIRST PLANE TO LAND ON THE AIRSTRIP SINCE THE J
KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, 1945-08-13. AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER W.H.R. SMITH, COMES IN LOW FOR A CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE AIRSTRIP WHICH IS IN 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION AREA. IT HAS BEEN MA
KIARIVU EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND, 1945-08-13. AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVES PLACING WHITE PARACHUTE BUNDLES ALONG THE AIR STRIP IN 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION AREA, TO INDICATE TO THE P
KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. TALL BLACK COLUMNS OF SMOKE RISING FROM THE SOUTHERN END OF KIARIVU FOLLOWING A HEAVY AIR STRIKE BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BEAUFORTS. AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF THE K
