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Balikpapan, Borneo. 26 July 1945. Leading Aircraftman Harold Bradbrook of Southport, Qld, was one of the personnel of an RAAF Airfield Construction Squadron who drove a tractor in the work of restoring the Sepinggang airstrip to a serviceable condition. The strip was occupied on the first day of the operation and our men worked twenty four hours a day to repair the damage.
Balikpapan, Borneo. 26 July 1945. Members of an RAAF Airfield Construction Squadron are working on the Sepinggang airstrip in an endeavour to make it of use for operational purposes. The strip was hea
Balikpapan, Borneo. 1945-07-26. Leading Aircraftman Charlie Griffiths of Camperdown, NSW, a member of an RAAF Airfield Construction Squadron working a pneumatic pump emptying bomb craters filled with
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF PUT THE FINAL TOUCHES ON SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP RUNWAY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST AIRCRAFT LANDED.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF PUT THE FINAL TOUCHES ON SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP RUNWAY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST AIRCRAFT LANDED.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-15. UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF PUT THE FINAL TOUCHES ON SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP RUNWAY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST AIRCRAFT LANDED.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. C. 1945-07-11. SHORTAGE OF FILLING COMPELLED RAAF AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS TO USE THOUSANDS OF SANDBAGS FOR FILLING SHELL AND BOMB CRATERS AT SEPINGGANG AIRSTRIP.
