The Air Liaison Officer of No 45 Air Liaison Section, VX20171 Lieutenant John Rawden ...

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Accession Number 070130
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Place made New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area, Ramu River Area, Gusap River Area
Date made 2 January 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The Air Liaison Officer of No 45 Air Liaison Section, VX20171 Lieutenant John Rawden Fetherston-Haugh (at right) discusses a map of the Ramu Valley area with pilots of “A” Flight No 4 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron RAAF at their base at Gusap. The pilots from left to right are: 17037 Flying Officer (Flg Off) George Robert Mauger, 426817 Pilot Officer John Waymouth Ahern, 416170 Flg Off Alexander Miller-Randle and Sergeant R. Russel. The obscured member is unidentified. These operations greatly contributed to the success of the 7th Division’s activities in the Markham and Ramu Valleys.