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Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, Papua. August 1943. Off-duty pilots of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF enjoy a day at sea aboard a local coastal vessel with young local boys. Left to right: 402719 Flying Officer (FO) A. H. (Peter) Birch, GD Pilot; 407174 FO D. H. (David) Hopton, GD Pilot.
Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, Papua. August 1943. Pilots of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF beside the Operations/Standby Room on the airfield. Left to right: 407174 Flying Officer (FO) D. H. (D
Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, Papua. August 1943. Off-duty pilots of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF in company with young local boys on the beach at Kaibola. Left to right: 418232 Flight Sergea
Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, Papua. August 1943. 407174 Flying Officer D. H. (David) Hopton, GD pilot of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF poses with young women and children of the island.
At Sea, Trobriand Islands, Papua. September 1943. Two pilots of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF on an off-duty day with a fellow passenger making a day-trip, from Losuia, Kiriwina to Kitava Island, of
Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, Papua. August 1943. 402719 Flying Officer A. H. (Peter) Birch, Pilot, No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, in his camp site tent.
Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua. September 1943. No. 79 Squadron RAAF pilot with his support crew and Spitfire Mk Vc A58-185, UP-D (RAF No. JK231), a gift aircraft known as "Sir Harry & Lady Oakes
