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Accession Number | OG3082 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base |
Maker |
Harrison, John Thomas |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS RESCUES EVER CARRIED ...
WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS RESCUES EVER CARRIED OUT BY THE RAAF, LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE, WAS RESCUED AFTER HAVING SPENT THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS WITHIN TEN MILES OF THE ENEMY. IN THE RESCUE, A SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT OF A RAAF AIR-SEA RESCUE FLIGHT CARRYING TWO NATIVE POLICE BOYS LANDED ON THE KERAWARI RIVER NEAR LT CARTER'S LOCATION. THE TWO NATIVE POLICE BOYS THEN PADDLED ASHORE IN A RUBBER DINGHY AND HACKED THEIR WAY THROUGH 250 YARDS OF KUNAI GRASS TO REACH LT CARTER AND BRING HIM BACK TO THE AIRCRAFT AND FLIGHT BACK TO BASE. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE REMAINS OF LT CARTER'S AMERICAN LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD DEVELOPED ENGINE TROUBLE OVER ENEMY-OCCUPIED TERRITORY AND CRASHED AFTER LT CARTER BALED OUT.