HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-03. PILOTS OF NO. 75 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number OG2331
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-03. PILOTS OF NO. 75 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF EN ROUTE IN A JEEP FROM THEIR ENCAMPMENT TO THE MOROTAI AIRSTRIP FROM WHICH THEY WILL LEAVE IN A MISSION OVER JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AND BIVOUAC AREAS IN THE HALMAHERAS. LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT SEAT: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) M. C. WAKLEY, CROOKWELL, NSW; WARRANT OFFICER (WO) E. D. BUTCHER, MANLY, NSW; FLT LT W. J. WILKINSON, MURWILLUMBAH, NSW. BACK SEAT: FLIGHT SERGEANT E. J. BUCHAN, MOSMAN, NSW; WO J. STUART, RANDWICK, NSW; FLT LT L. WATTERS, CROYDON, NSW.