2-4-FA regt in C-47 - Australia in World War Two
Australian War Memorial image 030141/10. Gunners from the Australian Army's 2/4th Field Regiment in a C-47 transport plane en-route to Nadzab in New Guinea where they later made a parachute landing.
Awm 128387 nadzab - Australia in World War Two
Dwarfed by and silhouetted against clouds of smoke (created to provide cover), C-47 transport planes from the US Army Air Forces drop a battalion of the U.S. 503rd Parachute Regiment at Nadzab. A battalion drop... More
C-47 transport planes loaded for Nadzab
C-47 transport planes loaded with parachute troops for the drop at Nadzab. Two men at left are General George Kenney and General Douglas MacArthur.
Lae AWM015783 - Australia in World War Two
Australian troops file past a dead Japanese soldier on their way in to Lae.
Markham River Crossing - Australia in World War Two
Lieutenant Colonel J. T. Lang's Force of 2/6th Field Company, 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion and B Company, Papuan Infantry Battalion crossing the Markham River on the way to Nadzab, after their overland march from T... More
Short 25pdr - Australia in World War Two
MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-28. THE CREW OF A SHORT 25 POUNDER GUN FROM 12 BATTERY TAKE UP THEIR POSITIONS ON THE RANGE OF THE 4TH FIELD REGIMENT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX83163 SERGEANT J.O. KENNEDY... More
Elkton Plan
General MacArthur's Elkton III Plan, March 1943
Nadzab and Lae
Nadzab and Lae operations, September 1943
RG18-AG-3883
U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain transports at Nadzab airfield, Papua New Guinea.