RAAF Spitfires (Misc)

[CDF]

Ferry pilot F/Lt. J. Hickey superintends packing of medical supplies & ammunition in the wing of a Spitfire he is about to ferry to a northern battle station

F/O. E. G. Hughes directs ground crew running out a Spitfire which he is about to ferry to a northern battle station

Ferry pilots of the Operational Aircraft Depot somewhere in Australia where Spitfires are being assembled, and ferried by these pilots to northern areas F/Sgt. B. Cardwell, F/O. L. H. Clarke, F/O. J. T. Kearney, P/O H. S. Bowern and F/O. R. Riley.

[Invader26]

Nice pictures of RAAF Spitfire VIII's and Vc's.

Note Anson and Vultee Vengeance aircraft in the background.

[CDF]

R.A.A.F. Spitfire pilots from left: F/O. J. A. Pretty (Melbourne, Vic.), F/Lt. R. N. Carmichael (Mildura, Vic.), F/O. R. W. Watson (Lismore, N.S.W.), Warrant Officer C. L. Swift (Melbourne, Vic.), F/Sgt. B. F. Gurbey (Sydney, N.S.W.) and F/O. J. Weger (Brisbane, QLD.);

F/O. J. H. Bisley and Squadron Leader R. S. McDonald

F/O. M. K. Kendall (Yorkshire, U.K.) has his plane decorated with "The Cavalier";

H. K. Barker (N.S.W.), R. J. Ashby (U.K.) and F/Sgt. A. C. MacPherson (Vic.) enjoying the sunshine

twin pilots in "Churchill's Own" Spitfire Squadron, Warrant Officers John and Alfred Payne (Hampton, Vic.);

"Sally", Alsation pup on the wing of her master's plane, Squadron Leader E. P. W. Bocock;

[Brenden S]

Great selection of RAAF photos there.

[CDF]

F/Lt. J. B. H. Nicholas, of Sussex, U.K., checking in with ground crew working on his aeroplane; from left to right are F/Sgt. H. L. Eldridge, of Bromley, U.K., LAC P. Wiseman, of Carlton (Vic.), LAC C. Arthur of West Brunswick (Vic.) and at back LAC J. A. Jones from Middlesex, U.K., and Cpl. A. Brown, of Aberdeen, U.K.