78 Fighter Wing RAAF pilots Flying Officer Les Reading, DFC of Cunderdin, WA and Sergeant Barry ...

Accession Number MALTA0274
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Maker Sebastian, Jeffrey Graham (Jerry)
Place made Malta: Hal Far
Date made 29-31 October 1952
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

78 Fighter Wing RAAF pilots Flying Officer Les Reading, DFC of Cunderdin, WA and Sergeant Barry Weymouth of Footscray, Vic, admire the squadron emblem on the side of a French Vampire aircraft flown in to their airfield in Malta by Lieutenant Eric Questiau of the French Air Force. The RAAF and the French Air Force worked together in the NATO exercise Operation Drago.

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