MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-01-23. GROUP CAPTAIN CLIVE "KILLER" ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island
Accession Number OG2000
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. 1945-01-23. GROUP CAPTAIN CLIVE "KILLER" CALDWELL, THE AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOT ACE (LEFT), TALKS TO HIS GROUND STAFF LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) W. V. FLYNN, WENTWORTH, NSW AND LAC J. MILLER, BRIGHTON, VIC, ON THE FINER POINTS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF. HIS PLANE MARKINGS RECORD THE DESTRUCTION OF GERMAN, ITALIAN AND JAPANESE AIRCRAFT.