The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-09. THE VICTORIAN MEMBERS OF THIS SPITFIRE GROUND CREW OF NO. 457 "GREY NURSE" SHARK SQUADRON RAAF TAKE A SPECIAL PRIDE IN WORKING ON THIS MACHINE BECAUSE IT IS THE ONE FLOWN BY WING COMMANDER ROBERT HENRY MAXWELL (BOBBY) GIBBES DSO DFC AND BAR, AND THE SCORE ON THE FUSELAGE OF 10 1/4 ENEMY AIRCRAFT MARKS HIM AS AN ACE AIRMAN. SHOWN: 121405 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN L. MORROW OF BRUNSWICK (ON FUSELAGE); 13811 CORPORAL (CPL) J. BENSEN OF MELBOURNE (IN COCKPIT); 19977 CPL J. GRIFFIN OF MELBOURNE.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. GROUND CREWS AT WORK UNDER A CAMOUFLAGE CANOPY. THIS FOUR-BLADED SPITFIRE, LIKE THE AUSTRALIAN GREY NURSE SHARK AFTER WHICH IT IS NAMED
LIBYA. 1942-01-02. FLYING OFFICER ROBERT HENRY MAXWELL (BOBBY) GIBBES OF NO. 3 SQUADRON RAAF CLIMBING OUT OF THE COCKPIT.
LIBYA. 1942-01-02. FLYING OFFICER ROBERT HENRY MAXWELL (BOBBY) GIBBES OF NO. 3 SQUADRON RAAF IN THE COCKPIT WEARING HIS FLYING GEAR.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-09. TASMANIAN AIRMEN WITH THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE, RAAF ATTEND TO ONE OF THE MACHINES OF THE FAMOUS NO. 457 "GREY NURSE" (SPITFIRE) SQ
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. GROUND CREWS WORKING ON ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 457 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, KNOWN AS THE "GREY NURSE" SQUADRON, CODE ZP-W, SERIAL
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-09. PILOTS OF NO. 457 "GREY NURSE" (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF WALK BRISKLY DOWN THE MOROTAI AIRSTRIP TO BOARD THEIR AIRCRAFT PREPARATORY TO T
