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Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. August 1944. Airmen of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF pump water from their motor boat made out of a discarded 90 gallon auxiliary fuel drop tank used with Spitfire Mk Vc aircraft for long range operations. Left to right: 47830 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) J. (John) Sturm, Armourer; 42950 LAC J. H. (Ricky) Richardson, Armourer.
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. August 1944. 47830 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) (L) J. (John) Sturm (left), and 42950 LAC J. H. (Ricky) Richardson, Armourers with No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RA
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. 1944. 90 gallon auxiliary fuel drop tank for Spitfire Mk Vc aircraft with corrosion and general deterioration that rendered it unserviceable.
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. June 1944. Off-duty personnel of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF relax in the sea close by the Squadron's camp area in Momote plantation at Southeast Point.
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. June 1944. Group portrait of off-duty personnel of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF relaxing in the sea close by the Squadron's camp area in Momote plantation
Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua. December 1943. 30 and 90 gallon auxiliary fuel drop tanks for the Supermarine Spitfires Mk Vc of No. 79 Squadron RAAF on the airfield.
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. June 1944. No. 70 Squadron RAAF Spitfire Mk VC No. A58-212, code UP-G (RAF LZ835), in the squadron's dispersal area at Momote airfield. This aircraft was nam
