THE COMMANDING OFFICER (CO) OF SUNDERLAND NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England, Devon, Plymouth, Mount Batten
Accession Number UK0929
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Place made United Kingdom: England, Devon, Plymouth, Mount Batten
Date made 25 January 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

THE COMMANDING OFFICER (CO) OF SUNDERLAND NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, 250644 SQUADRON LEADER R. N. GILLIES, MELBOURNE, VIC, IN HIS COMMENTS ON THE SPOTTED PIGS, THE SQUADRON'S MASCOTS, CAUSES SOME AMUSEMENT AT AN INFORMAL FAREWELL IN THE OFFICER'S MESS WHEN SENIOR RAAF AND COASTAL COMMAND OFFICERS WISHED "BON-VOYAGE" TO MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CREWS EVER TO FLY SUNDERLANDS FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA. PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE, STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: 411202 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) G. C. STRATH, SYDNEY, NSW; 3932 (1941, O36036) SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) T. A. EGERTON DFC, WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC; 406796 FLT LT GEOFF G. ROSSITER, SOUTH PERTH, WA; 132 WING COMMANDER (WG CDR) G. C. HARTNELL, MELBOURNE, VIC, FORMER CO OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF; 1108 SQN LDR A. C. H. PATHERICK, BRISBANE, QLD; SQN LDR GILLIES; 401597 FLT LT C. M. AUSTIN, NAREEN, VIC; AIR VICE-MARSHAL (AVM) B. E. BAKER CB DSO MC AFC, GROUP AIR OFFICER COMMANDING (AOC), RAF; AVM H. N. WRIGLEY CBE DFC AFC, AOC, RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS; 4818 FLT LT C. BRIGSTOCK, SYDNEY, NSW, ADJUTANT, NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF; AVM A. DURSTON CB AFC, SENIOR AIR STAFF OFFICER, COASTAL COMMAND, RAF; 405627 FLT LT E. H. FARMER, BRISBANE, QLD; 287 WG CDR R. S. RICE, LISMORE, NSW, ACTING STATION COMMANDER. IN FRONT: 6739 FLYING OFFICER (FO) W. L. WOODLAND, BRISBANE, QLD; 403568 FO V. H. DYASON, HARDEN, NSW; 405144 FO L. W. WILSON, CRABBES CREEK, NSW.