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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 THE TRIP BEFORE LEAVING FOR JAPAN. LEFT TO RIGHT: 417665 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) DOUG PARKER, ADELAIDE, SA; 3626 FLYING OFFICER WILF MOLLOY, MELBOURNE, VIC; 1585 FLT LT FRANK DUTHIE, MELBOURNE, VIC, ENGINEERING OFFICER; 403937 FLT LT COL MCKIBBIN, BATHURST, NSW; 261555 SQUADRON LEADER DICK SHEIL, NORTH ESSENDON, VIC, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 34 (C47 TRANSPORT) SQUADRON RAAF; 33513 FLT LT HARRY LEMMON, CLOVELLY, NSW, OFFICER IN CHARGE, AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND POST. MAIL FOR THE TROOPS NOW IN JAPAN LEAVES MELBOURNE ON SATURDAY AND ARRIVES IN TOKYO ON WEDNESDAY.
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 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. 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
AT SEA IN THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS AREA. 1944-03-18. THERE ARE NO OFFICERS' MESS COMFORTS ON CROWDED LANDING CRAFT. RAAF OFFICERS EATING THEIR LUNCH ARE: FLYING OFFICER (FO) L. B. SODEN, DORRIGO, NSW; FL
WAITING FOR ORDERS TO TAKE OFF FOR JAPAN, THESE MUSTANG P51 PILOTS AT CLARKE FIELD, NEAR MANILA, FLEW FROM QUEENSLAND TO LABUAN, BORNEO, THEN TO BOFU, JAPAN, WHEN THE MASS FERRY FLIGHT OF RAAF AIRCRAF
