WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-11-18. DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY NO 30 SQUADRON RAAF BEAUFIGHTER ...

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Accession Number P01335.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1942-11-18. DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY NO 30 SQUADRON RAAF BEAUFIGHTER A19-4 (LY-D) DURING AN ATTACK ON LAE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN ON THIS RAID BY WING COMMANDER B.R. WALKER THE COMMANDING OFFICE OF NO 30 SQUADRON, AND HIS NAVIGATOR WAS 263498 FLT LT JOHN WILLIAM MASON. (DONOR E.M. BALL)