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Description View of the top portion of the Wau airstrip, New Guinea, which was unique in that it ran up the slope of a hill requiring pilots to use judgment in landing. The aircraft are, from left to right, a CAC Wirraway of 4 Squadron RAAF (coded QE-L), a Douglas A-24 Banshee (s/n 41-15801) of the USAAF and a Stinson L-5 Sentinel (s/n 42-98060) of the 25th Liaison Squadron USAAF.
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