Green River is a tiny town near the border with the Indonesia's Papuan provinces. In the 1960s it was seen as a potential flash point between Indonesia and Australia, which had control over Papua New Guinea. Australia, along with the UK and New Zealand, were involved in an undeclared war with Indonesia over its opposition to the creation of Malaysia. The airport at Green River was built at this time with a runway long enough for C-130 operations. At the time of upload, it has no scheduled air services. Doug Leaver photo.

Struck off register in 1964. The chequerboard rudder shows the aircraft was being operated by Gibbes Sepik Airways. Photo from: University of Queensland