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Photograph OG3052 Second World War, 1939-1945BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF PUT THE FINAL TOUCHES ON SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP RUNWAY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST AIRCRAFT LANDED.

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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. RAAF CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS WERE STILL WORKING AT ONE END OF SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP WHEN THIS BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF LANDED.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF PUT THE FINAL TOUCHES ON SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP RUNWAY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST AIRCRAFT LANDED.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF PUT THE FINAL TOUCHES ON SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP RUNWAY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST AIRCRAFT LANDED.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF PUT THE FINAL TOUCHES ON SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP RUNWAY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST AIRCRAFT LANDED.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-07. GROUP CAPTAIN D. J. ROONEY OBE OF MELBOURNE, VIC (RIGHT), DISCUSSING DETAILS OF THE REPAIRING OF THE SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP. THE CULMINATION OF HIS WORK AND OF THE AIRFIEL

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. FIRST RAAF FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AT SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP PREPARE FOR ACTION. TECHNICIANS WERE AT WORK PREPARING THESE SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT, CODE QY-G, QY-E, OF NO. 452 SQUADRON

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. CHEERED BY HUNDREDS OF RAAF AND AIF MEN IN THE BACKGROUND, AUSTRALIAN SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF LANDED AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP, FI
