Members of No 4 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ...

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Accession Number 070125
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

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Description

Members of No 4 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) arranged comforts given by American Units of the Gusap area, Ramu Valley, for air drop to men of the 7th Division over the Christmas period 1943. A total of 67 containers, each containing 200 lbs of supplies, were delivered. Pictured here are ground crew members of No$ Squadron loading a supply drop container onto the bomb rack of a Wirraway aircraft.