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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-01-28. ARMY LIAISON OFFICER OF NO. 5 (BOOMERANG) SQUADRON RAAF ON PIVA AIRFIELD, CAPTAIN (CAPT) R. DE GROOTE, SYDNEY, NSW (WITH MAP), GIVES LAST MINUTE BRIEFING TO PILOTS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF IN A STRIKE AGAINST JAPANESE POSITIONS. LEFT TO RIGHT: 44235 PILOT OFFICER (PO) T. "JUNIOR" KIDMAN, GLENELG, SA; 826391 FLYING OFFICER J. L. "BLUE" WHITFORD, BOWDEN, SA; 435625 PO JIM OXLEY, BENTLEIGH, VIC; CAPT DE GROOTE; 402348 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT HARRY GRIFFITHS, MOSMAN, NSW.
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-02-18. MAJOR D. G. DANIELL, AIR LIAISON OFFICER OF NO. 5 (BOOMERANG) SQUADRON RAAF AT PIVA AIRFIELD, INTERROGATES PILOTS AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM A
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-16. 402348 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT H. H. GRIFFITHS OF MOSMAN, NSW, MALAYA VETERAN, IN THE COCKPIT OF HIS BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNA
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-23. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT HARRY GRIFFITHS, MOSMAN, NSW (LEFT), CHECKING MAP DETAILS WITH FLYING OFFICER KEVIN DAWES, TOORAK GARDENS, SA, WHO HAS JUS
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-16. 402348 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) H. H. GRIFFITHS, MOSMAN, NSW (LEFT), TELLS 403124 FLT LT W. N. CLERY, KURRI KURRI, NSW, INTELLIGENCE OFFIC
PIVA AIRFIELD, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-16. FOUR KIWIS AND AUSSIES AFTER A COMBINED STRIKE AGAINST JAPANESE POSITIONS ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. STILL IN FULL FLYING GEA
PIVA AIRFIELD, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-16. GROUP PORTRAIT OF FOUR KIWIS AND AUSSIES AFTER A COMBINED STRIKE AGAINST JAPANESE POSITIONS ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. STILL
