TWENTY YEARS IN RAAF BLUE - AN INFORMAL SHOT OF GROUP CAPTAIN F.W.F. LUKIS, PROMOTED RECENTLY TO ...

Accession Number 014355
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Australia
Date made 26 February 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

TWENTY YEARS IN RAAF BLUE - AN INFORMAL SHOT OF GROUP CAPTAIN F.W.F. LUKIS, PROMOTED RECENTLY TO TAKE CHARGE OF AN "AROA" FROM COMMAND OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST AIRFORCE STATIONS. IN 1914 TO 1918, HE SERVED IN NO. 1 SQUADRON OF THE FAMED AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS. IN 1941 HE COMPLETED 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IN "RAAF BLUE".