Keywords: Auster MkIII No 17 AOPF RAAF on Bougainville 1945.jpg A Royal Australian Air Force Auster AOP III RAF serial NK123 RAAF A11-3 from No 17 Air Observation Post Flight on Bougainville island in 1945 This aircraft was delivered to the RAAF on 17 September 1944 It crash-landed at Vernon Strip Bougainville on 3 April 1945 smashing undercarriage propeller on landing It was broken up for spares on 11 February 1946 P00001 235 1945 Australian armed forces via RNZAF Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Auster III Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force Solomon Islands Campaign Black and white photographs Black and white photographs of aircraft in World War II |