Keywords: OG0994SchergerWurtsmith.jpg F R W Scherger extreme left who will control all Allied air operations from captured strips at Aitape Left to right Brigadier General Paul Wurtsmith Commanding General V Fighter Command pilot of first Allied combat plane to land ; Colonel Jack Sverdrup who squeezed into General Wurtsmith's single-seated Lightning aircraft ; Wing Commander W A C Dale Task Force Engineer and Colonel Robert Morrissey Chief of Staff V Fighter Command pilot of second Lightning to land General Wurtsmith's plane is in background OG0994 Harrison John T 1944-04-24 PD-Australia PD-1996 Australia Frederick Scherger Paul Wurtsmith World War II people of the Royal Australian Air Force New Guinea campaign Black and white photographs Brigadier generals Lockheed P-38 Lightning |