Royal Air Force personnel in Darwin servicing 54 Squadron Spitfires in 1943 and 1945 (images AWM)
Royal Air Force personnel servicing the Rolls Royce Merlin engine of a RAF No.54 Supermarine Spitfire, Darwin, 1945.Spitfire of 54 Squadron being rolled back under camouflaged parking bay. June 1943No.54 Squadron Royal Air Force armourers replenishing ammunition in a Supermarine Spitfire. June 1943HF radio equipment and operator, No.54 Squadron RAF.Building fashioned from bush timber and canvas housing HF radio operations.
RAF 54 Squadron ground crew work on a Spitfire (details below)
"Struth it's Blackmores" records interesting history and stories about my ancestors for the benefit of my children, their descendants and other extended family.
"A Spitfire over Darwin" documents the story of a distant relative William Torrens Hinds who came to Australia with British RAF 54 Squadron and was killed in action over Darwin in 1943.
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A Spitfire over Darwin 