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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 HALMAHERAS WITH ROCKETS, BOMBS AND STRAFING, AND THE CREWS ARE EXPERIENCED JUNGLE FLYERS. LEFT TO RIGHT: 433291 FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) KEN BOND, BRONTE, NSW; 412694 PILOT OFFICER JIM READ, WAVERLEY, NSW; 440063 FLYING OFFICER (FO) PADDY DUNCAN, MATTRAVILLE, NSW; 432832 FO DOUG LYONS, NEWCASTLE, NSW; 440077 FO KOFF, LIDCOMBE, NSW; 60209 FO KEVIN CARRICK, SYDNEY, NSW; 411186 FO NEAL REDFERN, STRATHFIELD, NSW; 440058 FLT SGT JIM COLLISON, CANTERBURY, NSW. NOTE AIRCRAFT, CODE LY-B, SERIAL NO. 165, NICKNAMED "BRONTE OR BUST".
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. 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. CREWS OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF WALKING FROM THE AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREA AFTER LEAVING THEIR AIRCRAFT WHICH HAVE JUS
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. WESTERN AUSTRALIANS OF NO. 30 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF OPERATING WITH THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE, RAAF, WHO PLAYED A MAJOR
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
