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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-01-27. THIS INSIGNIA ON A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT SHOWS UNDER THE CAPTION "ABANDON ALL HOPE" A BROKEN MIRROR, A MAN WALKING UNDER A LADDER, A BLACK CAT AND THE NUMERAL 13. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT, 406440 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT J. "JACK" GIBBINGS, PERTH, WA (RIGHT), IS SHOWING THE NOSE ART TO 427359 FLYING OFFICER KEN W. SOUNNESS, MT BARKER, ANOTHER BEAUFIGHTER PILOT.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-01-27. 415188 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) S. R. T. "SID" SIPPE OF BRUCE ROCK, TELLS HIS GROUND CREW, AFTER RETURNING FROM A SORTIE, HOW HIS BEA
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLAND, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-03-19. ONLY THE FILM STAR DOROTHY LAMOUR IS MISSING FROM THIS CHARACTERISTIC TROPICAL ISLAND SETTING FOR KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 78 (FIGHTER)
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-03-26. THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEAUFIGHTER CREWS OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF WHO PARTICIPATED IN A SUCCESSFUL RAID ON GROUNDED JAPANESE AIRCR
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-02. PILOT OFFICER BILL STOCKER OF CAMDEN, SA, NAVIGATOR, TAKING TIME OFF FROM FLYING HIS BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT FOR THE RAAF, TO WRITE HOME.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-01-27. 15830 WARRANT OFFICER KEN DAVIS OF LINDISFARNE, TAS, SMILES AS HE TAKES HIS PLACE IN THE NAVIGATOR'S SEAT AS HIS BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT I
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-01-27. AN OIL LEAK IN THE ENGINE OF A RAAF BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT BEING REPAIRED BY 17048 CORPORAL FRED DEAN, NORSEMAN, WA (LEFT), 29603 LEADING
