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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 personnel on Momote airfield. Note the 475th Fighter Group was based at Sorido airfield on Biak during September 1944. The purpose of their visit to Momote is not known, but it was during a lull in their operations before the invasion of the Philippines Islands and the visiting pilots were the senior officers in the squadrons of the 475th Group.
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. 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. 28 May 1944. Spitfire Mk Vc aircraft of No. 79 Squadron RAAF flying over Seeadler Harbour towards their base at Momote airfield on Los Negros at the eastern
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 ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-28. A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF BEING REFUELLED AT MOMOTE AIRSTRIP AFTER ESCORTING AIRCRAFT OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF DURING
MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C. 1944-04. AIRCRAFT OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, TAXIING ALONG A DISPERSAL ROAD AT MOMOTE AIRFIELD.
