Keywords: Wurtsmith and Sverdrup at Aitape.jpg First Allied pilots to try out airstrip built by engineers of No 62 Works Wing RAAF at Tadji greeted by Air Commodore F R W Scherger extreme left who will control all Allied air operations from captured strips at Aitape Left to right Brigadier General Paul Wurtsmith Commanding General V Fighter Command pilot of first Allied combat plane to land ; Colonel Jack Sverdrup who squeezed into General Wurtsmith's single-seated Lightning aircraft ; Wing Commander W A C Dale Task Force Engineer and Colonel Robert Morrissey Chief of Staff V Fighter Command pilot of second Lightning to land General Wurtsmith's plane is in background OG0994 Transferred from http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User Rcbutcher using http //tools wikimedia de/~magnus/commonshelper php CommonsHelper <br/> Original text http //www awm gov au/database/collection asp Original uploader was Hawkeye7 at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia 2009 03 30 original upload date 1944-04-24 Harrison John T PD-AustraliaGov Original upload log page en wikipedia Wurtsmith_and_Sverdrup_at_Aitape jpg 2009-03-30 11 32 Hawkeye7 450×338× 69388 bytes <nowiki> OG0994 First allied pilots to try out airstrip built by engineers of No 62 Works Wing RAAF at Tadji greeted by Air Commodore F R W Scherger extreme left who will control all Allied air opera</nowiki> Frederick Scherger Paul Wurtsmith Black and white photographs Brigadier generals |