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NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-21. A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT DROPPING UNPROTECTED SUPPLIES TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORPEDO CONTAINERS IN SUPPLY DROPS TO HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE.
NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-21. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE GATHER PARACHUTE CONTAINERS FOLLOWING TESTS DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HESSIAN PARACHUTES AND STORPEDO CONTAINERS. LOADS
NEW GUINEA. C. 1944. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT OF NO. 34 SQUADRON RAAF ENGAGED IN A SUPPLY DROPPING MISSION.
NEW GUINEA. C. 1944. A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT OF NO. 34 SQUADRON RAAF, SEEN FROM ANOTHER SQUADRON AIRCRAFT DURING A SUPPLY DROPPING MISSION.
Torricelli Mountains, New Guinea. February 1945. A Douglas C47 Dakota widely known as the Biscuit-bomber transport aircraft, dropping supplies by parachute in an inaccessible area of New Guinea.
NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-21. A 12 FOOT HESSION PARACHUTE IN TESTS AT HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE. THE PARACHUTE, USED WITH STORPEDO CONTAINERS TO LESSEN IMPACT, IS DROPPED AT 3 TIMES THE SPEED OF
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF FROM KILA KILA AIRFIELD, NEAR PORT MORESBY ON A SUPPLY DROPPING MISSION TO THE KOKODA AREA.
