Four U.S. Douglas SBD <i>Dauntless</i> aircraft in flight over Choiseul Bay, Choiseul (Lauru) Island, Solomon Islands, during an attack on a Japanese transit base. In the rear seat of the aircraft closest to the camera was Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Nicol Anton Waddell, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR), who had been a coastwatcher on the island since October 1942. He was now guiding the aircraft in strikes over the Bay.
Australian armed forces
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