Image: Bobby Gibbes Spitfire on Morotai 1945 AWM OG2366
Description: 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.
Title: Bobby Gibbes Spitfire on Morotai 1945 AWM OG2366
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Author: Harrison, John Thomas
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