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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-11. MEMBERS OF NO. 93 "GREEN GHOST" SQUADRON RAAF WATCHING BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF THEIR SQUADRON CIRCLING THE LABUAN AIRSTRIP ON RETURNING FROM SMASHING THEIR ROCKETS INTO THE JAPANESE STRONGHOLD OF KUCHING, IN WEST BORNEO. ALL WESTERN AUSTRALIANS, THEY ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT: 436419 WARRANT OFFICER (WO) RON MORTON; 436520 WO RAY KITCHEN; 436635 ROSS CRABBE, ALL OF PERTH; 406900 WO FRANK GOSS, BOULDER.
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, 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
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-11. GROUP PORTRAIT OF WEST AUSTRALIAN CREWS OF NO. 93 "GREEN GHOST" (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF LEAVING THE AIRSTRIP.
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-11. BRISBANE, QLD, FLYERS WITH NO. 93 "GREEN GHOST" (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF MAPPING OUT THE ROUTE TO KUCHING, A JAPANESE STRONGHOLD IN WESTERN BORNEO. LEFT TO RIGHT:
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. SITTING ON THE WING OF A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT WITH A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF RAAF FIGHTERS SHUTTLING BETWEEN LABUAN AND BORNEO TARGETS ARE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CREWS OF NO.
