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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. GROUND CREWS WORKING ON ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 457 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, KNOWN AS THE "GREY NURSE" SQUADRON, CODE ZP-W, SERIAL NO. A58-606. THESE WEIRDLY DECORATED AIRCRAFT ARE NAMED AFTER AND PAINTED TO RESEMBLE THE AUSTRALIAN GREY NURSE SHARK, FOUND ONLY IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS AND SAID TO BE THE DEADLIEST OF THEIR KIND - AN APT TITLE FOR AUSTRALIAN SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. LOOKING INTO THE JAWS OF THIS SPITFIRE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FROM THE AUSTRALIAN "GREY NURSE" SQUADRON GIVES SOME IDEA OF THE AIRCRAFT'S FIE
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. GROUND CREWS AT WORK UNDER A CAMOUFLAGE CANOPY. THIS FOUR-BLADED SPITFIRE, LIKE THE AUSTRALIAN GREY NURSE SHARK AFTER WHICH IT IS NAMED
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. C. 1945-04. ALTHOUGH ITS "TEETH" ARE PAINTED ON THE FUSELAGE TO RESEMBLE THE JAWS AND TEETH OF THE NOTORIOUS AUSTRALIAN GREY NURSE SHARK AFTER WHOM
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. FOLLOWING THE PRECEDENT SET BY THE FAMOUS FLYING TIGER AIRCRAFT IN CHINA AND LATER BY AN AUSTRALIAN KITTYHAWK SQUADRON IN THE MIDDLE EA
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA NEI. 1945-05. SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK VIII (TROPICALISED) AIRCRAFT A58-672 OF NO 457 (SHARK) SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT OVER MOROTAI IS.
