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
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
American transports unloading supplies for US 24th Infantry Division, Red Beach 2, Tanahmerah Bay, Dutch New Guinea, Dutch East Indies, 22 Apr 1944United 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 1944United States Army paratroopers landing on the Kamiri airstrip on Noemfoor Island off New Guinea, 3 Jul 1944. Note B-17 fortress patrolling high overhead.
American transports unloading supplies for US 24th Infantry Division, Red Beach 2, Tanahmerah Bay, Dutch New Guinea, Dutch East Indies, 22 Apr 1944United 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 1944United States Army paratroopers landing on the Kamiri airstrip on Noemfoor Island off New Guinea, 3 Jul 1944. Note B-17 fortress patrolling high overhead.
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.
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.


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