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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 SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. LEFT TO RIGHT: GERRY WALL (?), SERGEANT ?, DAVID WHEELER, BOB FOSTER, SERGEANT DENNIS MONGER, UNKNOWN, IAN TAYLOR (PART OBSCURED), GEORGE FARRIES, HAROLD LEONARD. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
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
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
DARWIN, NT, 1943-07-25. PILOTS OF NO. 54 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAF, WALKING BACK TO THEIR CREW ROOM WITH THEIR WEEKLY CHOCOLATE RATIONS. LEFT TO RIGHT: SERGEANT (SGT) FOX; FLYING OFFICER (FO) WALL; FLIG
AUSTRALIA. SPITFIRE SQUADRONS COMPRISING RAAF AND RAF PILOTS AT A BASE. LEFT TO RIGHT: SERGEANT (SGT) WELLSMAN, PILOT OFFICER (PO) GEORGE B. FARRIES, FLYING OFFICER (FO) J. ANTHONY (TONY) TUCKSON, FO
Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua. July 1943. Group portrait of pilots of B Flight, with No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF Commanding Officer (CO) and the Wing Leader of No. 73 Wing, wit
Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua. 25 December 1943. The officers and Non-Commissioned Officer pilots of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF at lunch on Christmas Day. Left to right: 402270 Flying Office
