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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-01-23. FOUR PILOTS WITH THE WORLD FAMOUS NO. 452 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF WATCHING ONE OF THEIR COMRADES COMING INTO LAND. STANDING IN FRONT OF ONE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT, LEFT TO RIGHT, 412386 WARRANT OFFICER J. R. BYRNE, TEMORA, NSW; 408970 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) L. S. COMPTON, CAULFIELD, VIC; 408606 FLT LT T. A. SWIFT, IVANHOE, VIC; 407412 FLT LT D. J. CORMACK, ORROROO, SA.
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-30. THE CLASSIC LINES OF "THE BEST DARNED LIL' PEA SHOOTER IN THE WORLD", TO QUOTE AN ENVIOUS AMERICAN PILOT, SHOWN TO ADVANTAG
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-30. A CAMOUFLAGED SPITFIRE MK VIII (C) AIRCRAFT OF NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT, THE PILOT BEING 408970 PILOT FLIGHT LIEUTEN
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-02. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) DES CORMACK, OF ORROROO, SA, AND F LT BOB MCDONALD OF FURNER, SA, ARE STUDYING A MAP OF THE AREA BEFORE SETT
Strauss, NT. c. December 1944. Pilots of No. 452 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, walking past an aircraft. Left to right: Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) K. D. Cotton of Tenterfield, NSW; Squadron Leader Lou Spe
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-30. SIX PILOTS OF THE FAMOUS NO. 452 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF WHICH WAS AMONG "THE FEW" IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND IS NOW SER
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-30. SIX PILOTS OF THE FAMOUS NO. 452 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF WHICH WAS AMONG "THE FEW" IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND IS NOW SER
