NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. THE RAAF BUILDS ITS OWN AERODROMES. THE BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA HAS PROVED ...

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. THE RAAF BUILDS ITS OWN AERODROMES. THE BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA HAS PROVED BEYOND ALL DOUBT THE EFFICIENCY OF AIR POWER IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST JAPAN. ONE OF THE ESSENTIALS IN AIR SUPREMACY IS A PLENTITUDE OF AIRFIELDS AND AIRSTRIPS. HUNDREDS OF THESE HAVE BEEN AND ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA. IN MANY INSTANCES THE RAAF WITH ITS OWN PERSONNEL HAS BUILT AIRFIELDS AND STRIPS. THESE PHOTOS SHOW RAAF PERSONNEL AT WORK SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. SERVICING AN AUTOGRADER, RAAF PERSONNEL FROM QUEENSLAND, VICTORIA, AND NSW FROM THE SERVICING UNIT. THEY HAVE A FULL TIME JOB TRAVELLING ROUND THE AERODROME UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO SERVICE THE SURFACE-MAKING MACHINERY USED ON THE JOB.