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RAAF Squadron Leader Keith W “Bluey” Truscott taxiing his P-40E Kittyhawk along the Marston Mats at Milne Bay Fighter Strip #3, Milne Bay, New Guinea, Sep 1942. | A-20A Havoc “Hell & Fire” of the 89th Bombardment Squadron at 3-Mile Airstrip of the Port Moresby Aerodrome complex, Australian Papua New Guinea, Jan-May 1943. | B-24J Liberator with the 90th Bomb Group, the Jolly Rogers, at Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1943. | USAAF Major Richard Bong in his P-38 Lightning aircraft 'Marge', Dobodura, New Guinea, circa 1944 |
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American transports unloading supplies for US 24th Infantry Division, Red Beach 2, Tanahmerah Bay, Dutch New Guinea, Dutch East Indies, 22 Apr 1944 | United States Army General Douglas MacArthur walking to the flag bridge on USS Nashville to observe landing operations at Hollandia in Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, 22 Apr 1944. | US forces on Biak island, Dutch New Guinea, May-Jun 1944 | United States Army paratroopers landing on the Kamiri airstrip on Noemfoor Island off New Guinea, 3 Jul 1944. Note B-17 fortress patrolling high overhead. |
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A-20G Havoc of the 312th Bomb Group, the “Roarin’ 20s,” supporting the landings at Cape Sansapor, New Guinea, Jul-Aug 1944. The smoke rising from the water is a downed aircraft with a rescue PBY circling. | A-20G Havoc “Eloise” of the 387th Bombardment Squadron at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, Jul-Sep 1944. | PBY-5 Catalina of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-52 sits in Woendi Lagoon, Dutch New Guinea, 1944-45. As this photograph was taken, this airplane was in the process of slowly sinking, which it did a short time later. | |