The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-02. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT ARE CARRYING OUT A NON-STOP BLITZ ON JAPANESE TARGETS IN THE HALMAHERAS AND THE CELEBES. TECHNICIANS ARE ATTENDING TO THE TAIL OF ONE OF THESE DEADLY AIRCRAFT OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF. LEFT TO RIGHT: LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) COL NUTT OF COLONEL LIGHT GARDENS, SA; LAC CURLEY OLIVER, URAIDLA, SA; LAC RAY HENSCHKE, PARKSIDE, SA.
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-03-25. THE GOVERNOR OF NSW, LORD WAKEHURST, LEARNED FIRST HAND, FROM PILOTS AND NAVIGATORS OF NO. 22 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF, OF TH
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-01-18. THIS IS AN ALL-SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR THIS SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF OPERATING FROM MOROTAI IN THE HALMAHERAS. SHOW
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-01. THESE HARD-HITTING AIRCRAFT ARE CARRYING THE WAR RIGHT INTO THE JAPANESE STRONGHOLDS IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC AREA AND 417645 LEADING
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-03. STANDING BESIDE AN AIRCRAFT ARE THE RAAF MEN WHO SERVICE AND FLY THE ALL-PURPOSE KITTYHAWK FIGHTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT IN THE PACIFIC AGAIN
HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04-11. FLYING OFFICER RALPH BIRCH OF HOBART, TAS, THE PILOT OF ONE OF THE BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE RAAF, STEPS OUT OF HI
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1944-12. 121973 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN L. J. COUCHE OF COLONEL LIGHT GARDENS, SA, FITS A HYDRAULIC PIPE FOR AN ENGINE TEST WHILE PERCHED ON THE NOS
