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NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-31. FOUR AIRCRAFT OF NO. 80 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT ON THE WAY TO BOMB JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT GALELA IN THE HALMAHERAS GROUP. THE AIRCRAFT ARE CODED BU-B (NICKNAMED CLEOPATRA III), BU-U, BU-A, BU-F. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN IN ACTION IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC SINCE PEARL HARBOUR. THEY ARE STILL DOING A GOOD JOB ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN RETIRED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL ROLE AS INTERCEPTOR FIGHTERS. THESE DAYS THEY CONFINE THEIR ACTIVITIES TO STRAFING AND BOMBING ATTACKS. THEY HAVE BEEN ARMED WITH TWO 500LB BOMBS AND HAVE HAD CONSPICUOUS SUCCESS BOMBING JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AND TRANSPORT.
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-31. THREE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 80 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT ON THE WAY TO BOMB JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT GALELA IN THE HAL
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-31. TWO AIRCRAFT OF NO. 80 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT ON THE WAY TO BOMB JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT GALELA IN THE HALMA
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-31. FOUR AIRCRAFT OF NO. 80 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT ON THE WAY TO BOMB JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT GALELA IN THE HALM
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-31. ELEVEN AIRCRAFT OF NO. 80 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT ON THE WAY TO BOMB JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT GALELA IN THE HALMAHE
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-31. NINE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 80 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT ON THE WAY TO BOMB JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AT GALELA IN THE HALM
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-31. A FLIGHT OF KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 80 SQUADRON RAAF LED BY WING COMMANDER G. C. ATHERTON DFC OF LAUNCESTON, TAS, EACH CARRYIN
