Goodenough Island, New Guinea. c. 1944. Three members of a Beaufort bomber crew bathing in a ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Goodenough Island
Accession Number P02067.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Goodenough Island, New Guinea. c. 1944. Three members of a Beaufort bomber crew bathing in a river at the base of a small waterfall near Vivigani Airfield. Left to right: 422062 Flying Officer (FO) F. O. Smith, 422085 FO J. W. Shipman and 406817 FO A. G. Waite. Commanded by 415636 Flight Lieutenant Harry John "Jack" Fowler this No. 100 Squadron RAAF crew flew 34 operations in Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) Beaufort aircraft A9-557, now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial.