• MUS0409111
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Acrylic painting by RM Conly, 'Avenger over Rabaul', shows Avenger NZ2544 on a bombing run over Rabaul township, NEw Britain.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Conly
    RNZAF
    artefact
    Avenger
    NZ2544
    Rabaul
    New Britain
  • MUS040917
    RM Conly
    Painting by Maurice Conly 'Ventura attack on Rabaul'. Shows a RNZAF Venturas over Rabaul township, New Britain.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Conly
    Ventura
    air to air
    Rabaul
    New Britain
    art
  • 2016-209.245
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Image from the Maxwell James Millener personal collection. Aerial oblique view of Rabaul township and Simpson Harbour, New Britain. Taken from a No. 1 Squadron Ventura.
    Millener
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    oblique
    Rabaul
    New Britain
    1 Sqn
    No. 1 Squadron
  • 2016-209.244
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Image from the Maxwell James Millener personal collection. Aerial oblique view of Rabaul township and Simpson Harbour, New Britain. Taken from a No. 1 Squadron Ventura.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Millener
    oblique
    Rabaul
    New Britain
    1 Sqn
    No. 1 Squadron
  • 2016-209.238
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Maxwell James Millener personal collection. Vertical aerial grid map of Rabaul Township and Simpson Harbour. New Britain.
    Millener
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    vertical
    Rabaul
  • 2016-209.229
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Image from the Maxwell James Millener personal collection. Air to air view of No. 1 Squadron Ventura NZ4608 over the volcanos near Rabaul and Simpson Harbour, New Britain
    Millener
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    air to air
    NZ4608
    Ventura
    New Britain
    Rabaul
  • 2016-209.228
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Image from the Maxwell James Millener personal collection. Air to air view of No. 1 Squadron Ventura NZ4608 over Simpson Harbour, Rabaul. Original RNZAF negative number PR6659.
    Millener
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    air to air
    NZ4608
    Ventura
    New Britain
    Rabaul
  • 2015-320.48
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Edward John Ernest Tompkins personal collection. Simpson Harbour viewed from a No. 5 Squadron Catalina. Handwritten on the reverse "Sunken ship in Rabaul Harbour (New Britain) Active volcano in right background."
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Tompkins
    RNZAF
    No. 5 Squadron
    5 Sqn
    Rabaul
    Simpson Harbour
  • 2021-019.20
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Murray Dayman personal collection. Aerial oblique view of two volcanos. Believed to be one side of Simpson Harbour, Rabaul, New Britain.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Dayman
    oblique
    Rabaul
    volcano
  • 2017-142.14
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Archibald Currie Beazer personal collection. Aerial oblique view of Simpson Harbour, New Britain.
    New Britain
    Rabaul
    oblique
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Beazer
  • PR5397
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique view of Rabaul, New Britain, during a bombing raid.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rabaul
    New Britain
    oblique
    damage
  • PR5396
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique view of a bombing on Rabaul, New Britain.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    oblique
    Rabaul
    New Britain
    damage
  • PR7762
    RNZAF
    Line-up of three Japanese Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen - Zero Fighters with their engines running about to fly to Jacquinot Bay [?] Aircraft are missing wheel covers on their undercarriage doors. Allied code name: 'ZEKE'.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Mitsubishi
    Zero
    Zeke
    Rabaul
  • PR7732
    RNZAF
    Missing Personnel Investigation Unit, Rabaul and Gazelle Peninsula. Investigating officials and the Japanese pilots who were to fly their aircraft to Jacquinot Bay. Neg G.347
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    MPIU
    Rabaul
    New Britain
  • PR5604
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique view of Japanese gardens near Rabaul, New Britain.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    oblique
    Rabaul
    New Britain
  • CPSXG170
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique view of Simpson Harbour and Rabaul township, New Britain. Shows the Japanese airfields Rakada, Rapopo, Tobera, Vunakanau, Lakunai. Duke of York Islands also visible. Copied from a document from the Directorate of Intelligence, Allied Air Forces, South West Pacific Area.
    RNZAF
    Worold War Two
    WW2
    oblique
    Rabaul
    New Britain
    Rakada
    Tobera
    Vunakanau
    Lakunai
  • PR6660
    RNZAF
    Air to air view of two Venturas in formation dropping bombs on Rabaul. Neg 6/681 No.4. See IF43 for information of the crews.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    air to air
    formation
    Ventura
    Rabaul
    bomb
  • PR8270
    RNZAF
    Crashed Japanese Nakajima B5N2 (Navy Type 97) in the jungle. 323-352 painted on tail. Rabaul. Allied code name: 'KATE'.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Nakajima
    Rabaul
    New Britain
    Kate
    damage
  • PR6659
    RNZAF
    Air to air view of No. 1 Squadron Ventura NZ4608 over Simpson Harbour, Rabaul. Neg 6/681 No.3, See IF43 for information of the crew.
    Rabaul
    New Britain
    Ventura
    NZ4608
    air to air
    1 Sqn
    No. 1 Squadron
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • PR7696
    RNZAF
    Missing Personnel Investigation Unit, Rabaul and Gazelle Peninsula. Military officials with Japanese interpretors. Original negative G311
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    MPIU
    Japanese
    Rabaul
    New Britain
  • PR7373
    RNZAF
    Japanese Aichi E13A1A float-plane on slipway at Malaguna, Rabaul, New Britain. Allied code name: 'JAKE'. NB. This aircraft was an RNZAF war prize, but did not come to New Zealand. MPIU 9/986
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Japanese
    Aichi
    Jake
    Malaguna
    New Britain
    Rabaul
  • PR8289
    Royal Air Force
    This is the cave where Warrant Officer RC Warren and Flight Lieutenant FG Keefe were held prisoner by the Japanese, although on separate occasions. Rabaul, New Britain.
    Keefe
    POW
    Prisoner of War
    RNZAF
    WW2
    Warren
    World War Two
    cave
    Rabaul
    New Britain
  • PR5285
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique view of Simpson Harbour, Rabaul, New Britain.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    oblique
    Simpson Harbour
    Rabaul
    New Britain
  • PR5605
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique of Japanese gardens. Believed to be near Rabaul, New Britain.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Rabaul
    New Britain
    oblique
  • PR7687
    RNZAF
    Missing Personnel Investigation Unit. Rabaul and Gazelle Peninsula. LST's with personnel on board approaching the HMAS Manoora. New Britain. Neg G.302
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    MPIU
    Rabaul
    New Britain
    HMAS Manoora
    Navy