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NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-30. A CAMOUFLAGED SPITFIRE MK VIII (C) AIRCRAFT OF NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF IN FLIGHT, THE PILOT BEING 408970 PILOT FLIGHT LIEUTENANT L. S. COMPTON OF CAULFIELD, VIC. THE AIRCRAFT IS CODED QY-T, SERIAL NO. A58-516.
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-30. SIX PILOTS OF THE FAMOUS NO. 452 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF WHICH WAS AMONG "THE FEW" IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND IS NOW SER
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-30. THE CLASSIC LINES OF "THE BEST DARNED LIL' PEA SHOOTER IN THE WORLD", TO QUOTE AN ENVIOUS AMERICAN PILOT, SHOWN TO ADVANTAG
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-30. SIX PILOTS OF THE FAMOUS NO. 452 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF WHICH WAS AMONG "THE FEW" IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND IS NOW SER
NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-30. SIX PILOTS OF THE FAMOUS NO. 452 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF WHICH WAS AMONG "THE FEW" IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND IS NOW SER
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
HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-09. ONE WONDERS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A LIVE SHARK SAW THIS FEROCIOUS INSIGNA ON THE MAE WEST (LIFE JACKET) OF A SPITFIRE PILOT SWIMMING IN THE WATER
