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Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. August 1944. 280760 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) R. T. (Ron) Susans DSO (Korea) DFC, a Flight Commander in No. 79 Squadron RAAF seated in the cockpit of Spitfire Mk Vc A58-167, code UP-? (RAF No. ES249), rather than "H" which had become regarded as a jinx letter. Flt Lt Susans later became Air Vice Marshal. This aircraft was formerly also coded UP-N.
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. August 1944. 405875 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Benjamin Bernard (Barney) Newman, GD pilot, seated in the cockpit of the No. 79 (Squadron) RAAF Spitfire Mk Vc
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. September 1944. Pilots of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF and of the 475th (Fighter) Group, 5th US Army Air Force fraternising during a visit by the latter t
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. July 1944. No. 79 Squadron RAAF Spitfire Mk Vc A58-169, code UP-X (RAF No. ES307) in the Squadron's workshops and aircraft dispersal area on Momote airfield.
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. August 1944. No. 79 Squadron RAAF Spitfire Mk Vc A58-247, code UP-P (RAF No. MH306) in the Squadron's aircraft dispersal and workshops area on Momote airfiel
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. September 1944. 404811 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) G. G. (Geoffrey) Galwey (left), and 280760 Flt Lt R. T. (Ron) Susans DSO DFC (seated in the cockpit), GD pi
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. July 1944. Spitfires Mk Vc of No. 79 Squadron RAAF in the aircraft dispersal and Workshops area on Momote airfield. Left to right: A58-169, code UP-X (RAF No
