Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-01-06. Douglas C37 Dakota transport aircraft at Wards Airfield ...

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Accession Number 062529
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Rainsford, Keith Carr
Date made 6 January 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-01-06. Douglas C37 Dakota transport aircraft at Wards Airfield waiting to be loaded with personnel of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion. Note the traffic "Stop and Go" sign. This is used to control road traffic at the end of the runway.