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Photograph JK0030 Korean War, 1950-1953IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1951. SQUADRON LEADER R.C. CRESSWELL 0383, COMMANDING OFFICER NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF BEING STRAPPED INTO THE COCKPIT OF A METEOR AIRCRAFT BY A145 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN L. CRONIN, FITTER, B

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IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1951. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN L. CRONIN STANDS BY WHILE THE STARTING BATTERY IS BEING USED TO START THE JET ENGINES OF SQUADRON LEADER CRESSWELL'S RAAF METEOR AIRCRAFT.
IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1951. SQUADRON LEADER R.C. CRESSWELL 0383, COMMANDING OFFICER NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF BEING STRAPPED INTO THE COCKPIT OF A METEOR AIRCRAFT BY A145 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN L. CRONIN, FITTER, B

KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1951. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN R. MILNER ATTACHES THE STARTING BATTERY TO A RAAF METEOR AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE ENGINES ARE STARTED FOR FLIGHT.

IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1952. THREE QUEENSLANDERS SERVING WITH THE RAAF IN JAPAN JOKE OF SCHOOLDAYS WHILE WORKING ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF A METEOR JET USED BY NO.77 SQUADRON RAAF IN KOREA. LEFT TO RIGHT,

IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1952. CO OF NO. 491 MAINTENANCE SQUADRON, SQUADRON LEADER CARL LEOPOLD, OBE, SHOWS SIGNALS WARRANT OFFICER J. BEUTLER, ONE OF THE DERWENT JET ENGINES WHICH POWER GLOSTER METEOR JETS US

IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1952. REPAIRS TO THE WING OF A METEOR JET FIGHTER USED BY NO.77 SQUADRON RAAF IN KOREA ARE AFFECTED BY LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN JOHN JOHNSTON AT THE RAAF'S BASE IN SOUTHERN JAPAN.

KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1951-11-28. AIR VICE-MARSHAL BLADIN BEING STRAPPED INTO REAR SEAT OF RAAF METEOR 7 AIRCRAFT BY LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN L. CRONIN A145, PRIOR TO TAKEOFF ON HIS FLIGHT TO THE FRONT LINE.
