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Photograph JK0434 Korean War, 1950-1953KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1952. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BOB NEWTON, AIRFRAME FITTER, INSPECTS THE NOSEWHEEL OF A METEOR JET AIRCRAFT AT NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF BASE.

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IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1952. THREE QUEENSLANDERS SERVING WITH THE RAAF IN JAPAN JOKE OF SCHOOLDAYS WHILE WORKING ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF A METEOR JET USED BY NO.77 SQUADRON RAAF IN KOREA. LEFT TO RIGHT, LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN DAVE SMITH; LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN GERRY EDWARDS AND LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BOB NEWTON.
KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1952. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BOB NEWTON, AIRFRAME FITTER, INSPECTS THE NOSEWHEEL OF A METEOR JET AIRCRAFT AT NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF BASE.

IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1952. REPAIRS TO THE WING OF A METEOR JET FIGHTER USED BY NO.77 SQUADRON RAAF IN KOREA ARE AFFECTED BY LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN JOHN JOHNSTON AT THE RAAF'S BASE IN SOUTHERN JAPAN.

IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1952. THE RUDDER ASSEMBLY OF A GLOSTER METEOR JET FLOWN BY NO.77 SQUADRON RAAF IN KOREA RECEIVES ATTENTION FROM LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN STAN DAWSON, AIRFRAME FITTER, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE

KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1952. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BILL MCCOURT, AIRFRAME MECHANIC, IS UP IN THE AIR WHILE HE CHECKS RIVETS OF A METEOR JET AIRCRAFT AT NO. 77 SQUADRON, RAAF BASE.

IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1951. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN L. CRONIN STANDS BY WHILE THE STARTING BATTERY IS BEING USED TO START THE JET ENGINES OF SQUADRON LEADER CRESSWELL'S RAAF METEOR AIRCRAFT.

KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA, 1952-09. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN ERIC YOUNG, ARMAMENT MECHANIC, WORKS ON A 20MM CANNON OF A METEOR JET OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF.
