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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. PILOTS OF NO. 452 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF AT SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP. LEFT TO RIGHT: 409220 FLYING OFFICER (FO) J. A. PRETTY, MELBOURNE, VIC; 409025 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. N. CARMICHAEL, MILDURA, VIC; 404714 FO R. W. WATSON, LISMORE, NSW; 430415 WARRANT OFFICER C. L. SWIFT, MELBOURNE, VIC; 439285 FLIGHT SERGEANT B. F. GURNEY, SYDNEY, NSW; 7141 FO J. WEGER, BRISBANE, QLD.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. C. 1945-07-06. EXPOSED TO CONTINUAL FIRE FROM ENEMY SNIPERS AT SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP, RAAF TECHNICIANS CONTINUED WITH THE TASK OF CHECKING CAPTURED ENEMY AIRCRAFT. LEFT TO RIGHT: LEA
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
Cuers, Southern France. August 1944. Pilots of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF in Cuers, in their open air mess on the flat roof of an old French farmhouse, which is very pleasant when the sun is shi
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-01-23. FOUR PILOTS WITH THE WORLD FAMOUS NO. 452 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF WATCHING ONE OF THEIR COMRADES COMING INTO LAND. STANDING IN FRON
RAF Station Coltishall, Norfolk, England. Group portrait of 405473 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) E. A. R. Esau DFC of Brisbane, Qld, CO of No. 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, leaning against prop blade, wit
Strauss, NT. c. December 1944. Pilots of No. 452 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, walking past an aircraft. Left to right: Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) K. D. Cotton of Tenterfield, NSW; Squadron Leader Lou Spe
