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No 85 Squadron RAAF



RAAF 85 Squadron, September 1944
Mick Adams on propeller.
On Wing: L-R, Robert C. (Bob) Allen, Geoffrey A. Dean, Hugh E. Williamson, Maxwell J. (Des) Green, (Lofty) O’Connell, Robert F. (Bob) Felgenhaur, John A. Doyle, Ronald J. Webb.
Standing: L-R, John W. Shoesmith, George R.(Jeff) Patterson, Reginald W. (Bill) Schoon, Clive E. Miller, Edward (Ted) Luckie, Clement J. J. (Clem) Hart, William J.R. (Bill) Denny, Daryl Halliday.
Seated: L-R, Colin R. Harvey, James Gordon Johnstone, Selwyn M. (Nobby) Clarke, Kenneth E. (Skeeter)James, Lloyd L. (Danny) Boardman, Jack M.(John) Morrow.


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