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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-01-28. MEMBERS OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF ON PIVA AIRFIELD WITH THE TINIEST AIRCRAFT THE RAAF EVER PUT INTO THE AIR, THE BOOMERANG, WHICH DID A JOB OUT OF ALL PROPORTION TO ITS SIZE, PARTICULARLY IN BOUGAINVILLE AND BORNEO. THE LITTLE MACHINES PERFORMED MAGNIFICENTLY AS SPOTTERS FOR ARMY ARTILLERY, AS RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AND AS AERIAL AMBULANCES.
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-02-18. CHIEF OF AIR STAFF AIR VICE-MARSHAL JONES CB CBE DFC (RIGHT) QUESTIONS RAAF FITTER 22111 CORPORAL R. H. BALL OF BRISBANE, QLD, WHILE HE WORK
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-02-18. 434520 FLYING OFFICER HARRY ROWE, MOSMAN, NSW, AFTER MARCHING WITH AIF INFANTRY OVER THE DESERTS OF BARDIA, SOLLUM, AND MERSA MATRUH, NOW FL
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-25. NOT A NATIVE TOTEM-POLE BUT AN EXHAUST FLAME TRAP FROM A BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF AT PIVA AIRF
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-02. 266409 SQUADRON LEADER N. PARRY AFC OF DENILIQUIN, NSW, HEAVILY LADEN WITH MAE WEST (LIFEJACKET), PARACHUTE AND JUNGLE KIT, CLIMBS INTO A BO
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-02. AN AUSTRALIAN BUILT BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF RACES DOWN THE PIVA AIRSTRIP ON TAKE-OFF TO RENDEZVO
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-02. 26931 FLYING OFFICER J. L. WITFORD, ADELAIDE, SA, OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF ON PIVA AIRFIELD EXPLAINING THE HITTING P
