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R.A.F. SPITFIRE PILOTS AT DARWIN, F/LT. R. FOSTER (LONDON) WITH SQUADRON LEADER GIBBS (WEST MORELANDSHIRE) AND P/O J. COUNCER AFTER HE HAD SHOT DOWN JAPANESE PLANE ON THE FIRST OCCASION SPITFIRES WENT INTO ACTION IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
DARWIN. NO. 54 SQUADRON RAF SPITFIRE PILOTS CONGRATULATE F/LT FOSTER (LONDON) AFTER HE HAD SHOT DOWN A JAP PLANE OVER DARWIN. THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCASION ON WHICH SPITFIRES WENT INTO ACTION IN THE SOU
DARWIN. NO. 54 SQUADRON RAF (SPITFIRE) AT DARWIN. F/LT R. (BOB) FOSTER OF LONDON STANDS BESIDE THE SPITFIRE IN WHICH HE SHOT DOWN A JAPANESE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE. THAT WAS THE FIRST OCCASION ON WHICH
DARWIN. R.A.F. SPITFIRE PILOTS AT DARWIN. SQUADRON LEADER GIBBS (WEST MORELANDSHIRE), P/O J. COUNCER WITH THEIR MASCOT, A BABY WALLABY. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
RAAF SPITFIRE SQUADRONS AT DARWIN. F/O J. LAMERTON CLIMBS INTO HIS PLANE. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
R.A.F. SPITFIRE PILOTS AT DARWIN HAVE ADOPTED A BABY WALLABY AS MASCOT. F/O WEATHERHEAD (YORKSHIRE) HAS MASCOT IN HIS HANDS AS SQUADRON LEADER GIBBS (WESTMORLANDSHIRE) RIGHT, LOOKS ON.
DARWIN, NT. AN R.A.F. SPITFIRE SQUADRON IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS TO THE MESS. LEFT TO RIGHT:- F/O C.R. COUNSER (R.A.F.) SQUADRON LEADER. D. PEATE (RAAF) LIEUT. R.F. ALDIS (ROYAL AUST
