The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 AND WHOSE FIERCESOME JAWS ARE PAINTED ON ITS FUSELAGE, IS DANGEROUS. IT IS ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 457 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, FLOWN BY AUSTRALIANS, BRINGING DISASTER TO THE JAPANESE IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC.
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. GROUND CREWS WORKING ON ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 457 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, KNOWN AS THE "GREY NURSE" SQUADRON, CODE ZP-W, SERIAL
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. 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. 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
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-09. THE VICTORIAN MEMBERS OF THIS SPITFIRE GROUND CREW OF NO. 457 "GREY NURSE" SHARK SQUADRON RAAF TAKE A SPECIAL PRIDE IN WORKING ON THIS
