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Cinesound newsreel circa 1950 covering operations of No. 77 Squadron RAAF. Item opens with shots of the two cameramen, G. Thompson and Roland Thomas (Bede) Whiteman, Cinesound News. Scenes of No. 77 Squadron RAAF at Iwakuni Southern Honshu Japan. Japanese mechanics servicing P-51 fighters. Japanese ground personnel moving 500lb bomb trolleys to aircraft. Wing Commander L.T. Spence DFC and Mrs Spence. 35mm Cine camera fitted in a drop tank of a P-51 Mustang for aerial shots of the operations at the Taegu Bulge Korea. Cameraman Bede Whiteman photographed the action from a Wirraway. No. 77 Squadron Mustangs operating from Taegu airstrip. Rockets and 50 cal. ammunition are flown in by RAAF DC-3. Squadron personnel relaxing after the mission. General George A. Stratemeyer awards legion of merit to Wing Commander Spence.
Cinesound newsreel circa 1950. Coverage of the Communist advance on Taegu. Shows fleeing civilians and South Korean troops. USAF spotter aircraft Cessnas and Texans. Pilots at Taegu. P-51 Mustangs arm
NO 77 SQUADRON RAAF PILOTS DISCUSS EARLY KOREAN OPERATIONS WITH THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, BCOF, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR HORACE ROBERTSON. L TO R FLIGHT LIEUTENANT J.I. ADAMS, WING COMMANDER L.T. SPENCE,
The fourth item on this Cinesound Review newsreel is coverage of the last DC-3 courier flight to BCOF in Japan by DC-3 A65-71 of 86 Wing RAAF. The Dakota left from Schofields airfield, west of Sydney
Iwakuni, Japan. 1950-08-22. Lieutenant General George E. Stratemeyer, Commanding General of the US Far East Air Force, congratulates Wing Commander Louis Spence DFC, No. 77 Squadron RAAF, after decora
A general coverage of RAAF activities on Labuan Island and preparation for move to Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). includes aircraft in training, conversion of fight
Produced with the co-operation with the RAAF. Shows the operations of a RAAF Lockheed Hudson Squadron (probably No. 6 Sqn RAAF based at Richmond, NSW.) Crew briefing, aircraft in flight, interior shot