MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1944-12. RAAF MECHANICS WORK ON THE TINY ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island
Accession Number OG1996
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1944-12. RAAF MECHANICS WORK ON THE TINY "SPIT" OF NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF DETAILED FOR A NIGHT MISSION WHILE A GIANT LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT, IN THE BACKGROUND, WARMS UP FOR TAKE-OFF. SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT, THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, ARE USED BY THE RAAF AGAINST THE JAPANESE.