MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-03-26. THESE ARE SOME OF THE ...

MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-03-26. THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEAUFIGHTER CREWS OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF WHO PARTICIPATED IN A SUCCESSFUL RAID ON GROUNDED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, BETTYS AND DINAHS, IN THE CERAM AND AMBON AREAS, DESTROYING SEVEN JAPANESE TWIN-ENGINED BOMBERS, PROBABLY DESTROYING TWO AND DAMAGING FIVE. LEFT TO RIGHT: 431843 PILOT OFFICER RALPH LEONARD WOOD OF MELBOURNE, VIC. (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ON 04 APRIL 1945), MELBOURNE, VIC , NAVIGATOR FOR FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) R. ARBON, ADELAIDE, SA, FLYING OFFICER (FO) T. W. ELLIS, NEW GUINEA (PATROL OFFICER BEFORE THE WAR), FLT LT R. O. PROVOST, PERTH, WA AND HIS NAVIGATOR FLIGHT SERGEANT K. A. MCGUIRE, IPSWICH, QLD AND FO E. B. COLEMAN, ELLIS' NAVIGATOR. THE AIRCRAFT BEHIND THEM IS PAINTED (NOSE ART) WITH THE FACE OF A TIGER AND NO. 24.