Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Member of No. 14 Squadron sitting on a table at an accommodation house(?). Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron personnel in the back of truck MT3922 in a small village. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron personnel in the back of truck MT3922 in a small village. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron personnel in the back of truck MT3922 in a small village. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Member of No. 14 Squadron poses for the camera with a stone lion. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
View from the barge ramp towards the landing beach for 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "Nearing the beach."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron personnel on the transport barges heading for 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "A few miles off."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron personnel on the transport barges heading for 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "Snow [Rowe]."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Barges on the beach with No. 14 Squadron personnel and equipment for 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "Beaching."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron personnel in a truck on the way to 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "14 Squadron on the way "120 miles". "
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Local town scene on the way to 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron personnel stop for a break with their Jeep, MT3864?, on their way to 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "Chow on the way."
