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Royal Navy WREN, 1943 the net
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Female workers in the nose section of a PV-1 Ventura at the Lockheed factory in Burbank, California, Aug 1943 the net
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No tail rotor?
No need - coaxial contra-rotating rotors.
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Oh yes. I didn't notice them
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Beriev MBR-2M-34 a forced landing due to running out of fuel on the ice of River Syväri and was recovered by Finns 1942 the net
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Dassault MD 312 Flamant of the Armée de l'Air at Basle-Mulhouse the net
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Nice machine. The wing float has come of remarkably cleanly.
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De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 Lae 1948 the net
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Brewster Buffalo MkI NEIAF 2 VLG-V B3103 Indonesia January 1942 the net
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Douglas employees work on an airplane motor Long Beach 1942 the net
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From the son of the person who probably took that photo (he has the negative and if 1948 it is more likely taken by his father).
The Ansons were operated commercially out of Lae by possibly Qantas or Mandated Airlines.
They were grounded by then DCA because of a wing spar problem. They never flew again.
The DH-84 Dragon was operated also out of Lae by Qantas. It is photographed undergoing maintenance outside the Bellman Hanger located at the south eastern perimeter of the Lae airfield right opposite the threshold of Lae RW 32.
Note the Anson on the right is definitely not airworthy so if the photo is pre 1962 then it was being used as a source of parts. I doubt the dH-84 was still in service in PNG in 62 because the tropics plays hell on dope and fabric.
The Ansons were grounded because of DCA concerns over poor single-engined performance and deterioration of the glued joints in the wooden wing resulted in a grounding order for all Australian civil registered wooden wing Ansons, effective midnight 30 June 1962.
The metal wing Ansons with the Hoover VP props remained airworthy.
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When hostile forces targeted innocent refugees or blocked humanitarian aid, Nordbat 2 frequently bent orders, aggressively returned fire, and even intentionally faked communication failures to ignore retreat commands from UN headquarters. During tense ambushes, heavy tank confrontations, and hostage situations, the battalion's unyielding defiance earned them a fierce, trigger-happy reputation among rival militias—and even reprimands from UN bureaucracy. Yet, by standing their ground and putting civilian protection above military red tape, Nordbat 2 saved thousands of innocent lives and set a legendary precedent for moral courage in modern peacekeeping.
Sources: Swedish Armed Forces Archives & Military History Journal
