NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-29. WHILE GROUND STAFF OF NO. 22 (BOSTON) SQUADRON ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Noemfoor Island
Accession Number OG1732
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-29. WHILE GROUND STAFF OF NO. 22 (BOSTON) SQUADRON RAAF TRUNDLE OUT TWO 250 LB BOMBS ON LOW TRAILERS FOR THE BOMB RACK OF THE BOSTON AIRCRAFT, PILOTS WHO ARE TO TAKE PART IN THE SORTIE CHECK UP WITH THEIR NAVIGATORS FROM A MAP SPREAD ON THE CORAL AIRSTRIP. CREWS FROM LEFT: 414780 WARRANT OFFICER L. C. FANNING, BIGGENDON, QLD, PILOT; 433637 SERGEANT R. CAMERON, WOLLONGONG, NSW, NAVIGATOR; 407595 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT C. E. SPENCE, BUNDABERG, QLD, PILOT AND COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE SQUADRON; 25443 FLYING OFFICER G. T. DICK, RAINWATER, QLD, NAVIGATOR.