They were in a group of photos of Nadi airport in our collection, but are clearly NOT Nandi.
1200dpi scans can be viewed/zoomed/rotated at the links below.
Oblique photo of concrete airstrip on tropical island(?). PNG? Or Qld? Or…?
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2811939105/view
stamped on rear: “Qantas photograph 60-138-56” (so 1956 or 1960?) and in biro: “property of N.M. Fricker”
An N M Fricker was with the DCA in the 1950s, and a Norm Fricker was on the Qantas board in the late 20th century.
V: Southpaw V: sortie 5/040: Area 6: Line 37: 118-129: 5 Sep 1966 …. CPD 22091 Restricted. Photo print 0127
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2811938705/view
An inland airstrip with aprons on a river delta flowing into a large braided river.
Presumably PNG, because all our other 1966 “southpaw” photos are of PNG airstrips.
No idea which way is north.
Possibly overgrown WW2 strip?
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2811946356/view
Collage of 4 standard air photos, covering an airfield with 2 perpendicular concrete runways, and remnants of a third, grassed strip at 45 degrees, near some market gardening in Australia(?)
A rifle range in the scrub to the right of the airfield suggests an RAAF facility??
No date info.
No idea which way is north.
Thank you
Brendan
Dr Brendan Whyte
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