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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 EAST, NO. 457 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC HAS ADOPTED THE FIERCE-LOOKING NOSE AND JAWS OF THE GREY NURSE SHARK AS ITS INSIGNIA AND THE NAME "GREY NURSE" AS ITS TITLE. STANDING IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE SHARK-NOSED AIRCRAFT ARE THREE MEMBERS OF THE SQUADRON: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) E. L. SLY, ASHFIELD, NSW (LEFT), THE COMMANDING OFFICER; SQUADRON LEADER B. D. WATSON, STRATHFIELD, NSW, (CENTRE); FLT LT W. D. CABLE, ROSE BAY, NSW. WITH THEM IS THE SQUADRON'S MASCOT, A DOG CALLED "BOOMER".
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. 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. LOOKING INTO THE JAWS OF THIS SPITFIRE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FROM THE AUSTRALIAN "GREY NURSE" SQUADRON GIVES SOME IDEA OF THE AIRCRAFT'S FIE
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-07-05. VICTOR IN AIR COMBAT: 403038 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) GILLIAN CAMPBELL OF POTTS POINT, NSW, PILOT OF NO. 457 (GREY NURSE SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, WHO SHARED WITH FL
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. GROUND CREWS AT WORK UNDER A CAMOUFLAGE CANOPY. THIS FOUR-BLADED SPITFIRE, LIKE THE AUSTRALIAN GREY NURSE SHARK AFTER WHICH IT IS NAMED
