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English: AWM caption : MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-09. THE VICTORIAN MEMBERS OF THIS SPITFIRE GROUND CREW OF NO. 457 "GREY NURSE" SHARK SQUADRON RAAF TAKE A SPECIAL PRIDE IN WORKING ON THIS MACHINE BECAUSE IT IS THE ONE FLOWN BY WING COMMANDER ROBERT HENRY MAXWELL (BOBBY) GIBBES DSO DFC AND BAR, AND THE SCORE ON THE FUSELAGE OF 10 1/4 ENEMY AIRCRAFT MARKS HIM AS AN ACE AIRMAN. SHOWN: 121405 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN L. MORROW OF BRUNSWICK (ON FUSELAGE); 13811 CORPORAL (CPL) J. BENSEN OF MELBOURNE (IN COCKPIT); 19977 CPL J. GRIFFIN OF MELBOURNE.
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This image is protected by Crown Copyright because it is owned by the Australian Government or that of the states or territories, and is in the public domain because it was created or published prior to 1974 and the copyright has therefore expired. The government of Australia has declared that the expiration of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide. This has been confirmed by correspondence received by the Volunteer Response Team (Ticket:2017062010010417).

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