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Photograph 025618 Second World War, 1939-1945PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN A.I.F. "ACK ACK" GUNNER APPLYING GREASE TO THE BREECH MECHANISM OF AN ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN AFTER AN ENGAGEMENT WITH JAPANESE PLANES IN NEW GUINEA.

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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN A.I.F. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CREW LEAP TO POSITIONS IN NEW GUINEA AS THE SPOTTER GIVES THE ALARM THAT JAPANESE PLANES ARE APPROACHING.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN A.I.F. "ACK ACK" GUNNER APPLYING GREASE TO THE BREECH MECHANISM OF AN ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN AFTER AN ENGAGEMENT WITH JAPANESE PLANES IN NEW GUINEA.

PORT MORESBY, 1942-07. FOLLOWING AN ALARM THAT JAPANESE PLANES WERE IN THE VICINITY, THIS AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW IN NEW GUINEA WAS PHOTOGRAPHED JUST AFTER REACHING ACTION STATIONS AND WHILE THE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. LOOKING FOR JAPANESE ZEROS AND BOMBERS, THE KEEN EYES OF THE SPOTTER OF AN AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW SEARCHES THE NEW GUINEA SKY.

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. THESE GUNNERS FOUGHT GERMAN AND ITALIAN PLANES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HERE THEY ARE SEEN MANNING AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN DURING A JAPANESE RAID IN NEW GUINEA. THEY WORK STRIPPE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07. TWO MIDDLE EAST "DIGGERS" NOW IN ACTION IN NEW GUINEA. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW.

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-07-11. THREE AMERICAN FIGHTER-PILOTS STUDYING THE IDENTIFICATION CHART OF JAPANESE AIRCRAFT. THEY ARE FLYING AIRA-COBRA FIGHTER-PLANES IN THE NEW GUINEA WAR ZONE.
