HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND. C. 1944-02. AUSTRALIAN MOSQUITO PILOT OF NO. 456 SQUADRON RAAF, AT RAF ...

HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND. C. 1944-02. AUSTRALIAN MOSQUITO PILOT OF NO. 456 SQUADRON RAAF, AT RAF STATION MIDDLE WALLOP, AND HIS OBSERVER MARK UP THEIR TRAIN-BUSTING SUCCESSES IN ENEMY-OCCUPIED EUROPE. THE THIRTEEN ENGINES PICTURED HERE WERE MENTIONED IN THE CITATION TO THE DFC WON BY THE PILOT, SQUADRON LEADER "PETER" PANITZ, QLD. HE AND HIS OBSERVER, FLYING OFFICER R. G. WILLIAMS DFC, NSW, SHOT UP SIX OF THESE TRAINS IN SIX MINUTES ON A SORTIE ON 1943-05-06. SHIPS, RADIO INSTALLATIONS, AN AMMUNITION TRANSPORT, AN ENEMY AIRCRAFT AND A KILL SHARED WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ARE ALSO PICTURED.