Belfast
Military site
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FRE 9180
RAF ground personnel service the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt in Batavia, 1945. Printed caption on reverse: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH (AIR MINISTRY) CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. RAF IN BATAVIA. RAF ground crews at Kemajoran airfield in Batavia service Thunderbolt aircraft in readiness for operations against the Indonesians in Sourabaya. CF 843. Left to right- Sergeant A Dennison of 12, Parkmount Garden, Thore Road, Belfast; Leading Aircraftman T Heron of Monkstown, Co. Antrim; Leading Aircraftman W. McCleave of 34 Bootle Street, Belfast; Leading Aircraftman Caffrey of 32 Mount Street, Dublin; and Flgith Sergeant A McGrath of Millbrook Road, Lisburn, Ireland. Picture issued 1945.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
An Eighth Air Force Composite Command base.