HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-03. EFFICIENT YOUNG NSW KITTYHAWK PILOTS OF ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number OG2330
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. EFFICIENT YOUNG NSW KITTYHAWK PILOTS OF NO. 78 (FIGHTER) WING RAAF AT MOROTAI PREPARING FOR ONE OF THEIR REGULAR VISITS TO JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS IN THE HALMAHERAS. LEFT TO RIGHT: FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) R. A. COX, GOULBURN; PILOT OFFICER A. C. WRIGHT, GLENREAGH; FLT SGT A. J. WADDLE, EDGECLIFF; WARRANT OFFICER J. D. HUM, CHATSWOOD; FLYING OFFICER R. M. MUNTZ, NARRANDERA, DRESSED IN THEIR FLYING GEAR READY TO GO. THREE PILOTS ARE SITTING ON THE WING.