| Place | Europe: United Kingdom, England, Devon, Plymouth, Mount Batten |
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| Accession Number | UK0931 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Devon, Plymouth, United Kingdom: England, Devon, Plymouth, Mount Batten |
| Date made | 25 January 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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IN THE MESS OF NO. 10 (SUNDERLAND) SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, 3932 (1941, ...
Description
IN THE MESS OF NO. 10 (SUNDERLAND) SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, 3932 (1941, O36036) SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) T. A. EGERTON DFC, WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC, READS THE LETTER OF CONGRATULATION FROM AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SHOLTO DOUGLAS, AIR OFFICER COMMANDING IN CHIEF, COASTAL COMMAND TO THE FIRST CREWS EVER TO FLY SUNDERLANDS FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA. PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE, LEFT TO RIGHT: 411202 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) G. C. STRATH, SYDNEY, NSW; 406796 FLT LT GEOFF G. ROSSITER, SOUTH PERTH, WA; 6739 FLYING OFFICER (FO) W. L. WOODLAND, BRISBANE, QLD; SQN LDR EGERTON DFC; 405144 FO L. W. WILSON, CRABBES CREEK, NSW; 287 WING COMMANDER R. S. RICE, LISMORE, NSW; AIR VICE-MARSHAL (AVM) H. N. WRIGLEY CBE DFC AFC, AIR OFFICER COMMANDING (AOC), RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS; AVM A. DURSTON CB AFC, SENIOR AIR STAFF OFFICER, COASTAL COMMAND, RAF; 405627 FLT LT E. H. FARMER, BRISBANE, QLD; AVM B. E. BAKER CB DSO MC AFC, GROUP AOC, RAF; 1108 SQN LDR A. C. H. PATHERICK, BRISBANE, QLD, COASTAL COMMAND LIAISON OFFICER.