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Australian and New Zealand airmen serving with No. 273 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF, enjoy sight-seeing in the recaptured city of Rangoon. Scrupously observing Buddhist religious customs, the airmen remove their 'foot wering' before climbing the thousand golden-columned steps which lead to the Shwe Dagon pagoda. Left to right: Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Rex Lawlor, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) of Palmerston North, NZ; Warrant Officer (WO) H. G. Irons, RNZAF of Island Bay, Wellington, NZ; Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Hugh McIntyre, RNZAF of Fielding, NZ; 412991 WO L. J. Masters, RAAF of Swansea, NSW; 420095 WO Mark Wood, RAAF of Fairfield West, NSW; WO T. Holland Trusler, RNZAF of Ponsonby, Auckland; 410045 WO R. N. (Bob) Dutneall, RAAF of Kew, Vic.
Australian and New Zealand airmen serving with No. 273 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF, enjoy sight-seeing in the recaptured city of Rangoon. Left to right, 420095 WO Mark Wood, RAAF of Fairfield West, NSW, 4
Rangoon, Burma. 19 May 1945. RAAF pilots in No. 273 Squadron, the first RAF Spitfire squadron to be based on Rangoon after its recapture seized the first opportunity of sight-seeing in the shattered c
Rangoon, Burma. 19 May 1945. RAAF pilots in No. 273 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF, 410045 Warrant Officer (WO) R. N. (Bob) Dutneall of Kew, Vic, and 420095 WO Mark Wood of Fairfield West, NSW, admire one of
Rangoon, Burma. 19 May 1945. RAAF pilots in No. 273 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF, 410045 Warrant Officer (WO) R. N. (Bob) Dutneall of Kew, Vic, 420095 WO Mark Wood of Fairfield West, NSW, and 412991 WO L.
Rangoon, Burma. 19 May 1945. RAAF pilots in No. 273 Squadron, the first RAF Spitfire squadron to be based on Rangoon after its recapture seized the first opportunity of sight-seeing in the shattered c
Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island, Burma. 4 August 1945. RAAF members 410045 Warrant Officer R. N. (Bob) Dutneall of Kew, Vic (left), and 412991 WO J. J. (Butch) Masters of Swansea, NSW, pilots in No. 273 (Spit
