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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, FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ASSAULT.
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
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. 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
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.
