The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
War in Korea caused suspension in June 1950 of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force's (BCOF), projected withdrawal from Japan. For the first time in the Occupation, BCOF men went into action. Here Wing Commander (Wing Cdr) L Spence, DFC, Commanding Officer of 77 Squadron RAAF, is strapped into the cockpit of his P51 Mustang by two unidentified ground crew members, before taking off on the Squadron's first mission in support of the United Nations in South Korea. Wing Cdr Spence was killed in action at Angang-ni, Korea, on 9 September 1950.
War in Korea caused suspension in June 1950 of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force's (BCOF), projected withdrawal from Japan. For the first time in the Occupation, BCOF men went into action. Her
War in Korea caused suspension in June 1950 of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force's (BCOF), projected withdrawal from Japan. For the first time in the Occupation, BCOF men went into action. Her
War in Korea caused suspension in June 1950 of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force's (BCOF), projected withdrawal from Japan. For the first time in the Occupation, BCOF men went into action. Her
War in Korea caused suspension in June 1950 of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force's (BCOF) withdrawal from Japan. For the first time in the occupation BCOF men went into action. Here Wing Comm
Three unidentified 77 Squadron RAAF ground crew work on the cockpit of a P51 Mustang. The aircraft has a wing commander's pennant on the side, so is probably the Mustang of Wing Commander L T Spence,
An unidentified armourer from 77 Squadron RAAF, loads ammunition into gun bays on the wing of a P51 Mustang, in a hangar at Iwakuni. War in Korea caused suspension in June 1950 of the British Commonwe
