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NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. 405738 FLYING OFFICER T. R. JACKLIN OF MACKAY, QLD, AND NO. 75 SQUADRON RAAF WITH HIS DAMAGED KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT WHICH HE PILOTED OVER 200 MILES OVER SEA WITH HIS PORT AILERON TORN COMPLETELY AWAY AND LESS THAN 75% OF THE WING SURFACE LEFT INTACT. JACKLIN OWES HIS LIFE TO HIS SKILL AND TENACITY IN KEEPING THE PLANE IN THE AIR IN ALMOST UNFLYABLE CONDITIONS.
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. 405738 FLYING OFFICER T. R. JACKLIN OF MACKAY, QLD, AND NO. 75 SQUADRON RAAF EXAMINES HIS DAMAGED KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT WHICH HE PILOTED OVER 200 MILES OVER
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. PORTRAIT OF 405738 FLYING OFFICER T. R. JACKLIN OF MACKAY, QLD, AND NO. 75 SQUADRON RAAF, STEPPING OUT OF HIS DAMAGED KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT WHICH HE PILOTED
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, 1944-08-09. WITH THE PORT AILERON TORN COMPLETELY AWAY, AND LESS THAN 75 PER CENT OF THE WING SURFACE INTACT, THIS KITTYHAWK OF NO. 75 SQUADRON WAS FLOWN OVER 200 MILES BACK TO NOEMFO
THIS AUSTRALIAN KITTYHAWK TELLS A STORY OF SKILL AND DETERMINATION ON THE PART OF ONE OF OUR PILOTS FIGHTING IN THE WESTERN DESERT. DURING A RAID OVER ENEMY BASES, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY ACK ACK FIR
Informal portrait of 402781 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Neville (Happy) Ahern DSO DFC, Commander No. 112 Sqn RAF and previously with No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, with a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircr
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
