| Accession Number | P02423.013 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Hobson, Arthur Francis |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Myola 2, Papua, 1942-10-22. A crowd of Australian soldiers gathers around a Ford tri-motor ...
Description
Myola 2, Papua, 1942-10-22. A crowd of Australian soldiers gathers around a Ford tri-motor aircraft which has flipped over in muddy ground at the end of the airstrip while attempting to land at Myola 2. The aircraft was flown by Mr T. O'Dea, an experienced civilian pilot, who was injured in the crash. O'Dea had flown the aircraft into Myola as an experiment to see if it could be used to evacuate patients from the 2/6th Field Ambulance to base hospitals in Port Moresby. All thoughts of evacuating patients by air from Myola were abandoned, however, when this accident was followed by the crash of a Stinson Reliant aircraft on the airstrip later the same day and the crash of another Stinson there on the following morning. (Donor A. Hobson)