Penerbangan Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) mengevakuasi tawanan perang Jepang di Lapangan Terbang Pekanbaru, tanggal 17 September 1945.

Lokasi Sekarang:
Bandara Sultan Syarif Kasim II.

Pekanbaru, Sumatra, 17 September 1945. Penerbangan Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) mengevakuasi tawanan perang Jepang ke Singapura. Di sini, awak pesawat telah menurunkan perbekalan dari pesawat Douglas C47 Dakota bernomor A65-42 dan sedang menunggu bersama kelompok pekerja lokal untuk kedatangan tawanan perang di landasan udara. Yang teridentifikasi adalah: Sersan Penerbangan Peter Johnson (kiri, berjongkok); Letnan Penerbangan Dave Pratt (kiri atas); Perwira Ryan (kanan atas).

PAKANBARU, SUMATRA, 1945-09-17. RAAF FLIGHT TO EVACUATE PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) OF THE JAPANESE TO SINGAPORE. HERE THE CREW HAVE UNLOADED THE SUPPLIES FROM THEIR DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA NUMBERED A65-42 AIRCRAFT AND ARE WAITING WITH A NATIVE WORK GANG FOR THE POWS TO ARRIVE AT THE AIRSTRIP. IDENTIFIED ARE: FLIGHT SERGEANT PETER JOHNSON (LEFT, SQUATTING); FLIGHT LIEUTENANT DAVE PRATT (LEFT TOP); WARRANT OFFICER RYAN (TOP RIGHT).

Sumber: Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C203499.

Pekanbaru, Sumatra, 17 September 1945. Penerbangan Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) mengevakuasi tawanan perang Jepang ke Singapura. Kelompok pertama tawanan perang berada di atas tandu di landasan udara.

PAKANBARU, SUMATRA, 1945-09-17. RAAF FLIGHT TO EVACUATE PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) OF THE JAPANESE TO SINGAPORE. THE FIRST GROUP OF POWS ARE ON STRETCHERS AT THE AIRSTRIP.

Sumber: Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C203500.