WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. AFTER HIS LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE ...

WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. AFTER HIS LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE TROUBLE OVER ENEMY-OCCUPIED TERRITORY, LIEUTENANT J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE, BALED OUT AND SPENT THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE OPEN BEFORE BEING RESCUED. TWO NATIVE POLICE BOYS HAD BEEN FLOWN IN A RAAF AIR-SEA RESCUE FLIGHT WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE KERAWARI RIVER NEAR LT CARTER'S LOCATION. THE NATIVE POLICE BOYS PADDLED ASHORE IN A RUBBER DINGHY, HACKED THROUGH 250 YARDS OF KUNAI GRASS TO REACH LT CARTER AND BRING HIM BACK TO THE WAITING AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OF THE WALRUS SEAPLANE, FLYING OFFICER NEIL AGNEW OF LINDFIELD, NSW, THEN TURNED THE SMALL AIRCRAFT ROUND IN THE RIVER AND, AFTER A SHORT RUN, SKIMMED OVER THE TREES WHERE THE PROTECTING CATALINA AIRCRAFT AND BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT WAITED TO LEAD THE PARTY TRIUMPHANTLY BACK TO BASE.