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MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-05-17. PORTRAIT OF FLYING OFFICER TOM ELLIS OF BELLINGEN, NSW, BEAUFIGHTER PILOT OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF WHO RECEIVED AN IMMEDIATE AWARD OF THE DFC FOR EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY. HE DELIBERATELY DREW HEAVY JAPANESE ACK ACK (ANTI AIRCRAFT) AND MACHINE GUN FIRE ON LIANG AIRSTRIP, AMBON ISLAND, WHILE A RAAF CATALINA AIRCRAFT RESCUED A BEAUFIGHTER CREW 300 YARDS OFF SHORE ON 1945-03-31.
Portrait of Flying Officer Ken Sounness of Mt Barker, WA, 22 year old pilot of No. 31 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAAF, who stayed to protect the crew from Japanese shore fire until they were rescued when
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-01-02. 420868 FLYING OFFICER T. W. ELLIS OF BELLINGEN, NSW, A PILOT OF NO. 31 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF, RECEIVED AN ICED DRINK FROM
Noemfoor Island, circa 1944 -1945. RAAF ground crew servicing Beaufighter aircraft equipped with rocket racks. Beaufighters attacking a barge on the beach. Aircraft releasing rockets. Catalina flying
CERAN ISLAND. 1945-03-25. VIEW OF THE JAPANESE AIRSTRIP AT LIANG, TAKEN FROM AN RAAF BEAUFIGHTER. (DONOR: L. WATSON)
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-03-26. THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEAUFIGHTER CREWS OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF WHO PARTICIPATED IN A SUCCESSFUL RAID ON GROUNDED JAPANESE AIRCR
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-01-10. DISCUSSING A PROBLEM WITH A MEMBER OF THE GROUND STAFF OF NO. 31 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF, MR D. R. FAWCETT OF DEPARTMENT OF
