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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLAND EAST INDIES. C. 1944-12-25. 409220 FLYING OFFICER J. A. PRETTY, WEST BRUNSWICK, VIC, A MEMBER OF NO. 452 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF. HE SHOT A JAPANESE "NICK" TWIN-ENGINED NIGHT FIGHTER-BOMBER AIRCRAFT DOWN IN FLAMES AT NIGHT ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1944 THEREBY MAKING HIS FIRST KILL AND ALSO OPENING HIS SQUADRON'S SCORE IN NORTH-OF-EQUATOR OPERATIONS IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE. HE IS WITH THE ARMOURER WHO KEPT HIS GUNS RIGHT, LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN C. R. HORAN, MACKAY, QLD.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLAND, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-25. 409220 FLYING OFFICER J. A. PRETTY, WEST BRUNSWICK, VIC, AND A MEMBER OF NO. 452 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF CLAIMED THE DISTINCTION OF SHO
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-25. 409220 PORTRAIT OF FLYING OFFICER J. A. PRETTY, WEST BRUNSWICK, VIC, WHO OPENED UP THE RAAF SPITFIRE ACCOUNT OVER THE HALMAHERAS WHEN H
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-25. THIS MARK V111 SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT, OF NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF SCORED THE AIRCRAFTS FIRST VICTORY OVER THE HALMAHERAS. FLYING OFFICER J. A.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1944-12. RAAF MECHANICS WORK ON THE TINY "SPIT" OF NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF DETAILED FOR A NIGHT MISSION WHILE A GIANT LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT, IN THE B
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-01-24. GROUP PORTRAIT OF AUSTRALIAN SPITFIRE PILOTS OPERATING IN THE HALMAHERAS WHO ARE FORTUNATE IN HAVING SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHED MENTOR ON
Morotai, Netherland East Indies. 25 October 1945. Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) B. T. McLaughlin (left), a Catholic RAAF Chaplain, and Flt Lt T. W. Scott (right) an Anglican RAAF Chaplain lead the funera
