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MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. IN SPITE OF THE STRESS OF UNLOADING THE SHIPS ON THE BEACH-HEAD FOR THE ALLIED LANDING AND JAPANESE AIR RAIDS, RAAF COOKS WERE ABLE TO PUT ON A "CUP O' TEA" FOR ENGINEERS OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF WITHIN AN HOUR OF THEIR ARRIVAL. THE AMERICAN COMMENT WAS, "WHAT, TEA AGAIN!" BUT THEY WERE APPRECIATIVE CUSTOMERS TOO.
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. MEMBERS OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF TAKE A KEEN INTEREST IN WHAT WILL BE THEIR HOME ON MINDORO ISLAND FOR A TIME.
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. 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 ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN A. W. HANDSON, BRUNSWICK, VIC, A MEMBER OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF TOOK TIME OFF TO HAVE A DRINK FROM HIS WATER BOTTLE DU
MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF JUST UNLOADED FROM LANDING SHIPS AND WAITING TO BE CLEARED FROM THE BEACH-HEAD FOLLOWING THE
