'Torokina' for Dave Homewood ...

[Mark Allen M]

Sorry Dave it took so long to respond to your request. I still haven't found the color pics I found, but I'll post asap.

This view of Torokina may interest you.

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks very much Mark!

Any more?

[mike furline]

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75951
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75975
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75976
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75955

https://catalog.archives.gov/search?pag ... 0Materials

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks Mike. I have seen those fantastic clips before, and have been right through that archive.

What I am looking for is the photos taken on Torokina of RNZAF P-40s in 1944 in vivid colour. We have a couple of them, but there must surely have been more taken there that day, or better copies of these ones. I'd love to see more. Here are the ones we know of.

[mike furline]

If you Google "RNZAF Torokina" and click on Images there are several color pictures on various websites.

[Dave Homewood]

Maybe Google Image search works differently for you than it does for me, but all I get is one of the photos I posted above plus a well known and often published colour shot of a P-40N taking off from Torokina, that is often published the wrong way around. Other than that the only coloured photos I see are a load of colourised photos and Flight Sim screenshots.

[Mark Allen M]

You also might be interested in a few Guadalcanal "Henderson Field" photos ...


Henderson Field 1945.


Henderson Field 1944.


Guadalcanal Fighter Field 2 1943.


Guadalcanal Fighter Field 2 1943.

[Mark Allen M]

Torokina Fighter Strip from above, 14 December 1943.


Bomber #1 Airfield on Santo Taken on September 10, 1942.

[Mark Allen M]

[Mark Allen M]

More Torokina ...

[Mark Allen M]

[86583]

https://youtu.be/mKRZTKLdAgY?si=uOI48K4TbpDXNdPL

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks very much for those Guadalcanal and Torokina photos Mark, really great stuff.