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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 a Beaufighter aircraft hit by flak ditched close to Japanese held Ambon Island, 31 March 1945. He risked having to ditch and also had his fuel run out before the Catalina Aircraft of No. 113 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF arrived. His devotion to duty earned him an immediate award of the DFC.
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 AWAR
DUTCH TIMOR. C. 1944. JAPANESE "FLAMER", A CAMOUFLAGED JAPANESE BARGE LADEN WITH FUEL, BLAZES IN PELIKAAR BAY NEAR KOEPANG, TIMOR, AFTER AN AIR ATTACK BY A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-01-27. THIS INSIGNIA ON A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT SHOWS UNDER THE CAPTION "ABANDON ALL HOPE" A BROKEN MIRROR, A MAN WALKING UNDER A LADDER, A BLA
THESE TWO BEAUFIGHTER CREWS OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF FLEW THEIR FLAK-DAMAGED AIRCRAFT HOME TO MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIESMORE THAN 400 MILES OVER SEA AFTER TAKING PART IN
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
CELEBES? 1943? ATTACK BY A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT, PROBABLY OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF, ON A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ON AN AIRFIELD.
