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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. 317 GROUP CAPTAIN D. J. ROONEY OBE OF SYDNEY, NSW, AND MELBOURNE, VIC, IN CHARGE OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF, HAD REASON TO FEEL PLEASED AS HE WATCHED THE FIRST RAAF SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF LAND AT THE JUST COMPLETED SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP.
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. 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. C. 1945-07-11. MOST MODERN AND POWERFUL EQUIPMENT WAS USED BY UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF TO RUSH TO COMPLETION THE TITANIC TASK OF PREPARING SEPINGGANG AIRSTRI
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. C. 1945-07-11. IN THE TITANIC TASK OF PREPARING THE SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP FOR USE BY ALLIED PLANES, TWO MILLION POUNDS WORTH OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WAS EMPLOYED BY UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIE
