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HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-09. ONE WONDERS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A LIVE SHARK SAW THIS FEROCIOUS INSIGNA ON THE MAE WEST (LIFE JACKET) OF A SPITFIRE PILOT SWIMMING IN THE WATER. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE FAMOUS NO. 457 "GREY NURSE" (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF OPERATING FROM MOROTAI IN THE HALMAHERAS. 418043 PILOT OFFICER D. B. ADAMS, SANDRINGHAM, IS IN THE COCKPIT OF THE FAMOUS MARK V111 AIRCRAFT, CODED ZP, AND HE IS TALKING TO 418902 FLYING OFFICER W. H. P. WARD, TOORAK; 408970 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT L. S. COMPTON, CAULFIELD; 431653 FLIGHT SERGEANT G. MARSH, TALLANGATTA, ALL OF VICTORIA. NOTE THE SQUADRON INSIGNIA, THE PAINTED SHARK JAWS, ON THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-09. THE FEROCIOUS INSIGNA ON THE NOSE OF NO. 457 "SHARK" (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, THE SHARK JAWS, OPERATING WITH THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FO
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. 1945-04-09. TWO AUSTRALIAN SPITFIRE PILOTS OF THE FAMOUS NO. 457 "GREY NURSE" (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF OF THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 404938 FLYI
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-09. PILOTS OF NO. 457 "GREY NURSE" (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF WALK BRISKLY DOWN THE MOROTAI AIRSTRIP TO BOARD THEIR AIRCRAFT PREPARATORY TO T
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
