Keywords: Spitfire Vc of 79 Sqn RAAF at Kiriwina 1943.jpg Kiriwina Trobriand Islands Papua November 1943 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc No A58-137 code UP-T RAF EE835 with No 79 Squadron RAAF taxiing on the airfield with a 90 gallon auxiliary fuel drop tank and with an airman on the mainplane to guide the pilot in accordance with No 73 Wing Standing Orders UP-T was the personal aircraft of 407174 Flight Lieutenant D H David Hopton a Flight Commander Nose art on the port engine cowling depicted the nude figure of a girl with her pants down with the nickname Down with everything The Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat aircraft of the U S Navy in the background was used to rescue Allied airmen downed in the Solomon Sea during operations over New Britain from Kiriwina and mainland New Guinea bases e g Dobodura and Port Moresby P02874 119 1943-11 William H Robinson Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Supermarine Spitfire Mark V No 79 Squadron RAAF Supermarine Spitfire in Australian service Trobriand Islands |