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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-11. THESE ROCKETS BEING FITTED TO THE RAILS OF A "GREEN GHOST" BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 93 SQUADRON RAAF CRASHED INTO THE JAPANESE HOTEL AT SIBU ON THE WEST COAST OF BORNEO A FEW HOURS AFTER. FITTING THE ROCKETS ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT: 139691 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) KEITH GILL OF NEWCASTLE, NSW; 13886 LAC NAT SYMONS OF ROSE BAY, NSW; 147170 LAC IVAN FISHMAN OF TOCUMWAL, NSW; 173899 LAC LES HOWARTH OF PORT KEMBLA, NSW.
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-11. TUNING THE ENGINE OF A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT TO STRAFING PITCH ARE FLIGHT MECHANICS OF NO. 93 "GREEN GHOST" (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF. SHOWN: 135515 LEADING AIRCRAFT
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-11. ONE ROCKET-FIRING BEAUFIGHTER HAS A FIRE POWER EQUIVALENT TO A BROADSIDE FROM A CRUISER'S 6-INCH GUNS. ASSEMBLING A ROCKET TO BE FITTED TO A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF N
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-11. IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE THESE CREWS OF NO. 93 "GREEN GHOST" (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF WILL BE PERMITTED TO FORGET THEIR FIRST OPERATION - THEY WIPED OUT THE O
LABUAN, BORNEO. 1945-08. SOME OF THE 21,000 ROCKETS CARRIED BY RAAF BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT BASED AT LABUAN, FOR WHICH THERE IS NOW NO FURTHER USE. ROCKET-FIRING BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 93 "GREEN GHO
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-11. ROCKET FIRING BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 93 "GREEN GHOST" SQUADRON RAAF MADE THEIR DEBUT BY DESTROYING A HOTEL OCCUPIED BY JAPANESE OFFICERS AT SIBU IN WEST BORNEO.
LABUAN, BORNEO. 1945-08. LAID OUT IN STACKS ON THE GROUND ARE SOME OF THE 21,000 ROCKETS CARRIED BY RAAF BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT BASED AT LABUAN, FOR WHICH THERE IS NOW NO FURTHER USE. ROCKET-FIRING BEAU
