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Photograph 097343 Second World War, 1939-1945RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION AT VUNAKANAU AIRSTRIP EXAMINING WRECKED JAPANESE BOMBER.

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KARAVAT, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. WRECKED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ON THE KARAVAT AIRSTRIP.
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION AT VUNAKANAU AIRSTRIP EXAMINING WRECKED JAPANESE BOMBER.

HOSKINS, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-10-09. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER EXAMINING A WRECKED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ON THE EDGE OF THE AIRSTRIP.

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-10. WRECKED JAPANESE 4 ENGINE TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT IN SIMPSONS HARBOUR. ONE OF THE SCENES AT RABAUL FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE. TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE NOW

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. MAIL BEING LOADED ABOARD AN RAAF COURIER PLANE. THIS DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA WAS THE FIRST COURIER AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEWLY RECONDITIONED LAKUNAI AIRSTRIP.

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. THE FIRST RAAF COURIER PLANE, A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA, LANDING ON THE NEWLY RECONDITIONED LAKUNAI AIRSTRIP.

Keravia Bay, Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Several wrecked Japanese barges which have been bombed by allied aircraft lie half-submerged along the shores of a bay fringed with tropical palm trees.
