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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 to Momote airfield. Left to right: 405875 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) B. B. (Barney) Newman (KIA 2 August 1945); 280760 Flt Lt R. T. (Ron) Susans DFC (later DSO in Korea and Air Vice Marshal); unidentified; unidentified; Flt Lt W. (Bill) McDonald, Medical Officer; unidentified. Note: The Spitfire Mk Vc is A58-167, code UP-? (RAF No. ES249). This aircraft was previously coded UP-N (1943) and UP-H (1944) when it was damaged on 19 April 1944. The 475th Fighter Group was based on Sorido airfield at Biak in September 1944. The reason for the visit to Momote is unknown, but it took place during a lull in the 475th Group's operations before the invasion of the Phillipines. The visiting pilots were senior officers in the Group's 431st, 432nd and 433rd Fighter Squadrons.
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. 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. September 1944. Lockheed P38 Lightning of No. 432 Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, 5th US Army Air Force, being refuelled by No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF pe
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 Spitfi
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. September 1944. Lockheed P38 Lightning aircraft of No. 433 Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, 5th US Army Air Force taxiing at Momote airfield. Note the 475th Fi
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. August 1944. Officers of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF relaxing with a lakatoi in the sea near their camp in Momote plantation at Southeast Point. Left to
