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MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. THE ATTACK OF NINE JAPANESE DIVE-BOMBERS FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE MINDORO ISLAND BEACH-HEAD WAS REACHED DID NOT ALTER THE TEMPO OF THE AUSTRALIANS OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF ON LOADING OPERATIONS, NOR THEIR VIGILANCE AGAINST SHORE ATTACK. THE THICK CURTAIN OF FLAK CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND AS THESE AUSTRALIANS WALK ALONG THE BEACH.
OFF MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. THESE AUSTRALIANS OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO LAND ON MINDORO ISLAND. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN H. QUICK OF EXETER, SA,
OFF MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. THIS RAID WAS PUT ON BY THE JAPANESE AS A GREETING TO THE ALLIES BUT THE NINE AIRCRAFT WERE ALL SHOT DOWN, MUCH TO THE SATISFACTION OF MEMBERS OF NO. 3 AIR
OFF MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. LSTS (LANDING SHIP, TANKS) WITH MEMBERS OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF ABOARD, SPEED TO THE BEACH-HEAD AS LCMS (LANDING CRAFT, MECHANISED) RE
OFF MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. MEMBERS OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF TOOK A KEEN INTEREST IN WHAT WILL BE THEIR HOME ON MINDORO ISLAND FOR A TIME WHILE US INFANTRY ADVANCE
Mindoro, Philippines. Passengers on a Catalina flying boat spend a few minutes swimming in the waters off Mindoro Island after the invasion forces had taken possession of the island.
AT SEA. 1944-12-15. IT WAS A COMFORTING SIGHT FOR MEMBERS OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF TO WATCH US NAVAL UNITS POUND THE BEACH-HEADS BEFORE THE TROOPS LANDED ON MINDORO ISLAND IN THE N
