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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1946-02-01. READY TO TAKE OFF FROM LABUAN AIRSTRIP, ON THE FIRST STAGE OF ITS FLIGHT TO LAVERTON, MELBOURNE, VIC, THIS JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, ALLIED CODE NAME SALLY, WILL PROBABLY END ITS CAREER IN THE COLLECTION OF NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM HOUSED IN THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL. AS WELL AS BEING USED IN FIVE RAIDS ON DARWIN, IT CARRIED GENERAL ICHI TO MOROTAI WHEN HE FORMALLY SURRENDERED ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN THE CELEBES. VOLUNTEER CREW OF THE SURRENDER PLANE, FROM LEFT, ARE 406127 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MAL BAKER, HARRISMITH, WA, CAPTAIN; FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (DAI) WALTHURST DFC, SWANSEA, WALES, NAVIGATOR; 3976 WARRANT OFFICER FRED PITTS, HARTWELL, VIC; 5308 FLIGHT SERGEANT DERRICK HOSKING, RICHMOND, VIC; 77420 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) NORM HILL, UBOBO, QLD; 72214 LAC ARTHUR BARR, TAMWORTH, NSW.
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1946-02-01. READY TO TAKE OFF FROM LABUAN AIRSTRIP, ON THE FIRST STAGE OF ITS FLIGHT TO LAVERTON, MELBOURNE, VIC, THIS JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, ALLIED CODE NAME SALLY, WILL PROBABLY EN
Laverton, Vic. 1946-02-08. Group portrait on the tarmac at RAAF Station Laverton of Flight Sergeant D. Hosking of Richmond, Vic, Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) M. Baker of Harrismith, WA, Leading Aircraft
Laverton, Vic. 1946-02-08. Group portrait on the tarmac at RAAF Station Laverton of Flight Sergeant D. Hosking of Richmond, Vic, Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) M. Baker of Harrismith, WA, Leading Aircraft
Laverton, Vic. 1946-02-08. Group portrait on the tarmac at RAAF Station Laverton of Flight Sergeant D. Hosking of Richmond, Vic, Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) M. Baker of Harrismith, WA, Leading Aircraft
Laverton, Vic. 1946-02-08. Leading Aircraftman (LAC) A. Barr of Tamworth, NSW, LAC N. Hill of Ubobo, Qld, and Flight Sergeant D. Hosking of Richmond, Vic, standing on the tailplane of a Japanese bombe
Laverton, Vic. 1946-02-08. Portrait of Flight Lieutenant Walthurst DFC (RAF) of Wales, UK, one of the crew which had flown the Japanese bomber aircraft nicknamed 'Tokyo Rose' (Mitsubishi Ki-21 heavy b
