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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 right: Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) R. (Bob) O'Dea; 408172 Flt Lt Richard Joseph (Dick) Darcey, killed in a flying accident 6 October 1944; Flt Lt D. (David) Fairbairn DFC, later Sir David Fairbairn; 405875 Flt Lt B. B. (Barney) Newman, KIA Wasile Bay, Halmahera Islands, 2 August 1945; Flying Officer N (Norman) Turnbull, later Flt Lt Smithells (name changed by deed poll). In the rubber dinghy is Flt Lt W. (Bill) McDonald, Medical Officer.
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. August 1944. No. 79 Squadron RAAF Spitfire Mk Vc A58-166, code UP-R (RAF No. ES238) aircraft flying over the sea near the Squadron's base at Momote airfield.
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. 408172 Flight Lieutenant Richard Joseph (Dick) Darcey, GD pilot, No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, seated in the cockpit of a US Army Air Forc
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. 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
Morotai, Netherland East Indies. 25 October 1945. Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) B. T. McLaughlin (right), a Catholic RAAF Chaplain, and Flt Lt T. W. Scott (left), an Anglican RAAF Chaplain conduct burial
