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.

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

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

George Kenney at the '3rd Slug Bar' officer club at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	Jack Heyn of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group working on a photograph enlarger, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

Mess hall, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	Personnel of the Armament Section of 13th Bomb Squadron of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943