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Photograph OG0456 Second World War, 1939-1945KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-11. AIRBORNE, A SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF SETS OFF AFTER A JAPANESE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE 30000 FT ABOVE.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-11. CORPORAL N. P. MEPHEW CHECKING OVER SOME BELLY TANKS WHICH ENABLE TROPICAL SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF TO RANGE OVER NEW BRITAIN.
KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-11. AIRBORNE, A SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF SETS OFF AFTER A JAPANESE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE 30000 FT ABOVE.

KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-11. THERE IS NO PRETTIER SIGHT THAN A SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT. HERE IS ONE JUST AFTER TAKE OFF.

KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-11. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN V. N. SMITH OF SOUTH YARRA, VIC, AND OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, HAGGLES WITH A NATIVE ABOUT THE PRICE OF A FOWL WHILE REFUE

Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, Papua. 1944. Identification portrait of 128151 Aircraftman 1 B. N. Smith, Aircraft Hand, No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF.

KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-11. TWO FITTERS JUMP FROM THE WING OF A SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF AS PILOT OFFICER LES MCKELLAR OF GUNNEDAH, NSW, PREPARES TO TAK

KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-31. GROUND STAFF AT NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF OVERHAULING THE ROLLS ROYCE MERLIN ENGINE OF ONE OF THE SQUADRON AIRCRAFT.
