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Alipore, Calcutta, India. 1944-12-28. Warrant Officer Bill Wells, RAAF of Hawthorn, Vic (in background) and No. 681 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF, taxiing out to the runway before taking off on a photographic reconnaissance mission. Half the pilots in No. 681 Squadron RAF, a Spitfire photographic reconnaissance squadron operating over Burma and Thailand are members of the RAAF.
Alipore, Calcutta, India. 1944-12-28. Framed between two huge aerial cameras, Warrant Officer M. (Bluey) George, RAAF of Gunnedah, NSW (in cockpit), of No. 681 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF, talks to a memb
Alipore, Calcutta, India. 1944-12-28. Warrant Officer Bill Wells, RAAF, Pilot of Hawthorn, Vic, and No. 681 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF, is met by ground staff after taxiing his aircraft to dispersal. The
Alipore, Calcutta, India. Warrant Officer (WO) Bill Wells, RAAF, Pilot of Hawthorn, Vic, and No. 681 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF (second from right) tells his ground staff details of his Spitfire's perfor
Alipore, Calcutta, India. 1944-12-28. At No. 681 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF, a photographic reconnaissance squadron operating over Burma, RAAF members Warrant Officer Tom Cheevers of Caulfield, Vic (left
Alipore, Calcutta, India. 1944-12-28. An Indian guard or chowkidar, keeps unauthorised persons away from the Spitfire aircraft of No. 681 (photographic reconnaissance) Squadron RAF.
Ywadon, Central Burma. 19 March 1945. An ornamental lion in the grounds of their billet at an advanced airfield on the Burma front is inspected by 414126 Warrant Officer Bill Clarke, RAAF of Rockhampt
