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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) and Flight Lieutenant John Morrow, of Bathurst, NSW (centre), chat with their Commanding Officer, Wing Commander F. D. Proctor DFC, RAF of York, England (sitting on wing).
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 photograph
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.
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. 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. 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. 1944-12-28. An Indian guard on his beat at a Bengal aerodrome is dwarfed by the motors of a RAF Liberator bomber aircraft.
