NEAR WEWAK, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-10. A RAAF CATALINA RESCUING FIVE AMERICAN AIRMEN FROM A 5TH ...

NEAR WEWAK, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-10. A RAAF CATALINA RESCUING FIVE AMERICAN AIRMEN FROM A 5TH BOMBER COMMAND COMBAT REPLACEMENT AND TRAINING CENTRE B25 AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS DOWNED FOUR MILES FROM CAPE WOM. THE CATALINA, PROBABLY A24-92, BELONGED TO RAAF NO. 8 COMMUNICATIONS UNIT STATIONED AT MADANG. ON BOARD WERE, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT I.J.L. WOOD (PILOT), WARRANT OFFICER A.V. DAWSON (2ND PILOT), FLYING OFFICER B.W. BENTLEY (OBSERVER), FLIGHT SERGEANT J.W. RENWICK (ENGINEER), FLIGHT SERGEANT J. CARWARDINE (2ND ENGINEER), FLIGHT SERGEANT PETER FLETCHER (WIRELESS AIR GUNNER), SERGEANT D.N. BEATON (2ND WIRELESS AIR GUNNER), SERGEANT C. THORSBORNE (FLIGHT RIGGER AIR GUNNER), FLIGHT SERGEANT PHILIP S. LINDSAY (ARMOURER AIR GUNNER). FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WOOD WAS GIVEN AN IMMEDIATE AWARD OF THE DFC AFTER THE RESCUE.

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