Keywords: Crashed Vengeance bomber of 24 Sqn RAAF 1944.jpg A crashed Vultee Vengeance dive bomber aircraft of No 24 Squadron RAAF following an attack on the Japanese-held airstrip at Alexishafen on 27 February 1944 <br> Original caption New Guinea 1944-02-27 Following an air raid by Vultee Vengeance dive bomber aircraft of No 24 Squadron RAAF on the Japanese-held airstrip at Alexishafen on the north coast of New Guinea Flying Officer K H Pike Adelaide SA stands on the wing of his aircraft with an Aldis lamp and flashes a message to the rescue plane after a forced landing in wild kunai grass country Flight Sergeant K Morgan Drummoyne NSW stands by They were later picked up and flown to safety OG0658 1944-02-27 John Thomas Harrison Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Vultee Vengeance RAAF No 24 Squadron RAAF New Guinea campaign John Thomas Harrison |