The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-03. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT WILL SOON BE ONLY A MEMORY FOR (FROM LEFT) 270767 SQUADRON LEADER D. L. WILSON, EVANS HEAD, NSW; A55 GROUP CAPTAIN IAN D. MCLACHLAN DFC, SOUTH MELBOURNE, VIC; 400462 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) (RUSTY) CURTIS, POINT PIPER, NSW; 2623 FLT LT F. R. SCHAAF DFC, SYDNEY, NSW. FOR ITS MOVE TO JAPAN NO. 81 (FIGHTER) WING RAAF WILL BE RE-EQUIPPED WITH MUSTANG AIRCRAFT.
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-03. TALKING OVER PREPARATIONS FOR THE MOVE OF NO. 81 (FIGHTER) WING RAAF TO JAPAN ARE, FROM LEFT: 400462 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) R. P. CURTIS, POINT PIPER, NSW;
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-24. NO. 81 (FIGHTER) WING RAAF PILOTS CHAT WITH 403424 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) BROMHEAD, BATHURST, NSW (IN COCKPIT), WHO INSTRUCTED THEM DURING THEIR CONVERSION COURSE
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-07. 2623 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) FRANK SCHAAF DFC OF PAGEWOOD, NSW (RIGHT), FORMER COMMANDER OF THE FAMOUS DESERT HARASSERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NOW WITH NO. 82 (KITTYH
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-07. 2623 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) FRANK SCHAAF DFC OF PAGEWOOD, NSW (RIGHT), FORMER COMMANDER OF THE FAMOUS DESERT HARASSERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NOW WITH NO. 82 (KITTYH
BOFU, JAPAN. 1946-03-18. 1319 WING COMMANDER ANDY D. SWAN MBE, ELWOOD, VIC (LEFT), SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF NO. 81 FIGHTER WING RAAF, WAS WAITING AT BOFU TO GREET 2623 SQUADRON LEADER FRANK SC
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-03. A55 GROUP CAPTAIN IAN D. MCLACHLAN DFC OF SOUTH MELBOURNE, VIC, AT PRESENT COMMANDING NO. 81 (FIGHTER) WING RAAF, HEADED THE LIST OF VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE PREPAR
