Keywords: Bobby Gibbes Spitfire on Morotai 1945 AWM OG2366.jpg 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 OG2366 1945-04-09 Harrison John Thomas PD-AustraliaGov Bobby Gibbes No 457 Squadron RAAF Supermarine Spitfire Mark VIII Battle of Morotai World War II forces of Australia in New Guinea Nose art on Supermarine Spitfire John Thomas Harrison |