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Townsville, Qld. 1944-04-11. US Fifth Air Force Service Command at Garbutt airfield. At the waist gunner's station B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft oxygen supplies are explained by S/Sergeant Walter Muhlman of Richmond, Texas, to 70150 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) A. Womar of Rockdale, NSW, flight mechanic (left), 71296 LAC A. F. Stephenson of Newcastle, NSW, flight mechanic (centre) and 118957 LAC J. G. Bayley of Coburg, Vic, flight mechanic. These RAAF fitters are being trained on B-24 maintenance prior to the RAAF's acquisition of B-24s. The 0.5-inch machine gun is in its stored position.
Townsville, Qld. 1944-04-11. US Fifth Air Force Service Command at Garbutt airfield. Sergeant Alf Beamond of Geelong, Vic and Private David Goodman of Winchester, Mass, pose before a US Army Air Force
Townsville, Qld. 1944-04-11. US Fifth Air Force Service Command working under supervision of two American NCOs, 13413 Leading Aircraftman C. Harbert, fitter IIA of Launching Place, Vic, adds special f
Townsville, Qld. 1944-04-11. US Fifth Air Force Service Command at Garbutt airfield. Private First Class (Pfc) Frank Shively, US Army, of Jamestown, LA (left), talks about rocker arms of the Pratt and
Townsville, Qld. 1944-04-11. US Fifth Air Force Service Command at Garbutt airfield. Exchange of headgear beside a US Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft was an amusing incident during after
Townsville, Qld. 1944-04-11. US Fifth Air Force Service Command Staff Sergeant Edward C. Jordan of Robbinsdale, Minn, Leading Aircraftman Harry Goodman of Box Hill, Vic, Sergeant Harry H. Wentz of 151
Townsville, Qld. 1944-04-11. US Fifth Air Force Service Command. A mixed party of RAAF and US technicians at Garbutt airfield after a successful flight of the B-24 Liberator bomber nicknamed "Shoo-sho
