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LABUAN ISLAND, 1945-06-18. A RAAF SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT WHICH CRASHED ON LANDING IN THE MUD AT THE WESTERN END OF THE AIRSTRIP.
LABUAN ISLAND, 1945-06-18. MEMBERS OF AN AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, USING MANPOWER AND A UNIT TRACTOR TO EXTRICATE AN AUSTRALIAN DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT WHICH BOGGED AT THE WESTERN END OF THE AIRS
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945. CRASHED SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT ON THE CROYDON AIRSTRIP. (DONOR D. HAMMOND)
TARAKAN ISLAND. 28 JUNE 1945. TARAKAN AIRSTRIP WAS REPAIRED AGAINST ALMOST HOPELESS ODDS BY MEMBERS OF 1 AND 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS, RAAF AND AIF UNITS. IT WAS OPENED TO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FO
LABUAN ISLAND, 1945-06-10. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE LABUAN AIRSTRIP, A FEW HOURS AFTER THE ALLIED ASSAULT LANDING. (DONOR: L. WATSON)
TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-06. TARAKAN AIRSTRIP WAS REPAIRED AGAINST ALMOST HOPELESS ODDS BY MEMBERS OF 1 AND 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS, RAAF AND AIF UNITS. IT WAS OPENED TO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FOR THE
Livingstone, NT. February 1943. A Supermarine Spitfire aircraft of No. 457 Squadron RAAF of No 1 Fighter Wing RAAF at the moment of take off from the airstrip.
