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MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-11-28. WITH HALF ITS TRIP FROM MELBOURNE TO TOKYO OVER, THE RAAF COURIER IS LOADED WITH MAIL AND FREIGHT FROM MOROTAI AND LABUAN FOR JAPAN. 261555 SQUADRON LEADER R. SHEIL OF NORTH ESSENDON, VIC, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 34 (C47 TRANSPORT) SQUADRON RAAF, SUPERVISES THE LOADING FROM THE DOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. FREIGHT CARRIED INCLUDES MAIL, HIGH PRIORITY PERSONNEL AND ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR ADVANCED PACIFIC AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES IN JAPAN.
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-11-28. WITH HALF ITS TRIP FROM MELBOURNE TO TOKYO OVER, THE RAAF COURIER IS LOADED WITH MAIL AND FREIGHT FROM MOROTAI AND LABUAN FOR
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-11-28. 261555 SQUADRON LEADER R. (DICK) SHEIL, NORTH ESSENDON, VIC, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 34 (C47 TRANSPORT) SQUADRON RAAF, PERS
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-11-28. WITH A BACKGROUND OF MAIL BEING TRANSFERRED FROM A TRUCK TO THE RAAF TOKYO COURIER THE CREW OF THE AIRCRAFT GET THE "GEN" FOR
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-11-28. 416150 FLYING OFFICER (FO) BERT FOTHERINGHAM, ADELAIDE, SA, BRIEFS THE CREW OF THE RAAF TOKYO COURIER AIRCRAFT BEFORE LEAVING
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-01. SQUADRON LEADER W. R. MCCULLOCH, CARAMUT, VIC, WATCHES THE LOADING OF 250 LB BOMBS ON A RAAF KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT IN READINESS FOR AN ATT
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. MAIL BEING LOADED ABOARD AN RAAF COURIER PLANE. THIS DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA WAS THE FIRST COURIER AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEWLY RECONDITIONED LAKUNAI AIRSTRIP.
