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Photograph 060744 Second World War, 1939-1945MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-21. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN. KNIGHT, ARMOURER OF NO. 83 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, WEARING A FLYVEIL WHILE HE OVERHAULS A CANNON OF A BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT.

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MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-21. ARMOURERS OF NO. 83 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, CLEANING CANNONS AND LOADING AMMUNITION INTO A BOOMERANG FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. THEY ARE: 44771 CORPORAL G. A. HUGHS (1); LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN GOUGH (2); CORPORAL BRADBURY (3); LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN KNIGHT (4); CORPORAL KENNETT (5).
MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-21. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN. KNIGHT, ARMOURER OF NO. 83 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, WEARING A FLYVEIL WHILE HE OVERHAULS A CANNON OF A BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT.

Side view of a Royal Australian Air Force Boomerang fighter, A46-100, after it struck the tail of A46-146, causing the fighter to ground loop at the end of the landing run. The crash took place at No.

MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-21. PARACHUTE BEING AIRED AT THE PARACHUTE SECTION OF NO. 83 SQUADRON ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. SHOWN AR LEFT TO RIGHT: 59275 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN K. A. HOFFMAN; LEADI

MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-21. PILOTS OF NO. 83 SQUADRON, RAAF, PHOTOGRAPHED IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE SQUADRONS BOOMERANG FIGHTER AIRCRAFT: THEY ARE: FLIGHT SERGEANT BELL (1); WARRANT OFFICER D. S.

MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-20. MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORT SECTION, NO. 59 OPERATIONAL BASE UNIT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE WORKING ON THEIR HOMEMADE RAMP. THEY ARE: 27153 CORPORAL W. GARRARD (1);

Mareeba, Qld. 1944-03-15. Armourers load .303 ammunition belts into the wing feed boxes of a CAC Boomerang fighter aircraft of No. 5 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron RAAF. Left, 19434 Corporal E. L.
