Photos Taken in Australian Papua | World War II Database

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Australian Army engineers with a captured Daihatsu-class landing craft, Milne Bay, Sep 1942	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.

Frank Forde, Douglas MacArthur, Thomas Blamey, George Kenney, Cyril Clowes, and Kenneth Walker at Seven Mile Drome, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 12 Oct 1942	Soldiers of US 32nd Division probing a Japanese foxhole near Buna, New Guinea, Dec 1942; note M1 Garand rifles

B-17 Flying Fortress bomber 'Pluto' at Port Moresby, Australian Papua, 1942-1943; nose art by Ernie Vandal	USAAF A-20 Havoc aircraft attacking a Japanese airfield at a low altitude, Lae, New Guinea, circa 1943; note G4M bomber on the ground

General Thomas Blamey and Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger, Buna, Australian Papua, 14 Jan 1943	Thomas Blamey and Robert Eichelberger, Buna, Australian Papua, 14 Jan 1943

A Jeep brought litters to the B-17F Fortress “The Old Man” of the 65th Bomb Squadron shortly after landing at Dobodura, New Guinea, Mar 8 1943. The B-17 was attacked by 13 Japanese fighters during a photo-recon mission over Gasmata, New Britain	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.

US Army radioman Corporal John Robbins operating his SCR 188, Dobodura, New Guinea, 9 May 1943	US Army anti-aircraft gun crew manning their 3-inch M3 AA gun at New Fighter Strip, Dobodura, New Guinea, 17 May 1943

B-17E Fortress “Sally” at 7-Mile Aerodrome, Port Moresby, New Guinea, May 22 1943. This was the personal transportation aircraft for LGen George Kenney, commander of Allied Air Forces, Southwest Pacific Area.	A-20 Havoc food supplies transport aircraft 'Steak and Eggs' at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

A-20 Havoc food supplies transport aircraft 'Steak and Eggs' at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	Actor Gary Cooper with pilots of 90th Squadron of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group and B-25D bomber 'Here's Howe', Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

Actress Phyllis Brooks with a B-25 bomber, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	Airmen of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

Destroyed M3A1 light tank, Buna, Australian Papua, mid-1943	George Kenney at the '3rd Slug Bar' officer club at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943