NEAR GASMATA, NEW BRITAIN. C. 1944. A JAPANESE BARGE LOCATED BY TWO BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gasmata
Accession Number OG0651
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

NEAR GASMATA, NEW BRITAIN. C. 1944. A JAPANESE BARGE LOCATED BY TWO BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF THIRTY FIVE MILES FROM GASMATA, ON THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW BRITAIN. THE CREWS WHO FOUND IT ARE: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT CYRIL CORNISH, EAST FREMANTLE, WA; FLIGHT SERGEANT HARRY BRAID, STAVERTON, TAS; FLYING OFFICER (FO) MOSS MORGAN, LISMORE, NSW; FO FRED CASSIDY, ARNCLIFFE, NSW.