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MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. WESTERN AUSTRALIANS OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF OPERATING WITH THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE, RAAF, WHO PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS TO THE INVASION OF TARAKAN BY UNREMITTING ATTACKS ON JAPANESE AIRSTRIPS IN THE CELEBES AND HALMAHERAS, AND SHEPHERDING CONVOYS. DISCUSSING THESE OPERATIONS ARE LEFT TO RIGHT: 290357 WING COMMANDER C. H. THOMPSON AFC OF BUNBURY, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE SQUADRON; 406737 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT VERNON STORRY OF FREMANTLE; 441288 FLYING OFFICER JOHN MEACHAM OF ROLEYSTONE; 145854 PILOT OFFICER ROBERT HACKSHAW OF CLIFTON HILL, VIC; 436681 FLIGHT SERGEANT (F SGT) BRIAN KELLY OF PERTH; 436641 F SGT ERIC FISHER OF PERTH. NOTE THE AIRCRAFT, CODE LY-B, SERIAL NO. 165, NICKNAMED "BRONTE OR BUST".
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. DETAILS OF ATTACK ARE DISCUSSED BY CREWS OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF PREPARATORY TO TAKING OFF FROM THEIR BASE TO STRA
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF HAVE PLAYED A PROMINENT PART IN ATTACKING JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS IN THE CELEBES AND
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. AIRCREW OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF OF THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE, RAAF, EAGERLY QUESTION 406061 WARRANT OFFICER C.
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. A NAVIGATOR OF BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT, CODE LY-B, SERIAL NO. 165, NICKNAMED "BRONTE OR BUST", OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF, 442444 FLYI
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-29. CREWS OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF OF THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE HAVE JUST ALIGHTED FROM THEIR JEEP AT THE MOROTAI AI
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. CREWS OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF WALKING FROM THE AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREA AFTER LEAVING THEIR AIRCRAFT WHICH HAVE JUS
