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Japanese working in Australian air base, Iwakuni Japan 1950

Rugged up against the cold are: LAC E.H. Green (Victoria Park, W.A.) and Cpl. C.J. Hughes (North Wagga, N.S.W.)

Making a snowman, L-R: R.J. Page, armorer (West Ryde, Sydney, NSW), Cpl. J.E. Hainsworth, fitter IIE (Williamtown, NSW), Sgt. T.J. Yewers, fitter armorer (Alphington, Vic.), Cpl. R.C. Scott, fitter IIE (Sandwell, S. Aust.), Cpl. M.G. McKenna (Murgon, Q'ld.), LAC R.J. Milner (Turrawan, NSW), LAC S.J. Manning (Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW) and in front, LAC D.J. McKeever, flight rigger (Swanburn, W.A.)

P2 B. Nicolls (Goulburn, NSW), was the first pilot to return from 77 Fighter Squadron, RAAF, first flight over Korean territory.

L-R: Operations Officer F/Lt Joe Lyons (Eaglehawk, Vic.), F/L Fred Barnes (Melbourne, Vic.), F/L John Murray (Canberra), F/Lt. Leo Brown (Sydney, N.S.W.), Pilot Lyle Kleffer (Adelaide, S. Aust.), Pilot Bob Hunt (Canberra), F/Lt Craig Kirkpatrick (Melbourne, Vic.)

How I survived a plane crash by Ron Fisher and Richard Gates from Evans Head Living Museum Ron
Fisher started flying planes for the RAAF in 1952 and later went on to be a pilot for Qantas. The day he crashed in 1957 he was flying a P51 Mustang fighter plane. The engine failed not long after takeoff. Ron miraculously lived to tell his tale.This video was created for ABC Open's "The Moment Behind the Photo".