HOB/56/0771/MC Accession Number: HOB/56/0771/MC

Description

Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Francis Festing (right, in beret), Commander in Chief Far Eastern Land Forces (FARELF) and Brigadier P N M Moore (centre), DSO and two bars, MC, Commander of the 28th British Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade, have just landed in this RAF Vickers Valetta C2 VIP transport aircraft and are waiting for a car that will take them to their next appointment on Lt Gen Festing's tour of British and Australian installations in Malaya. The Captain (left) is unidentified.

Details

Accession Number
HOB/56/0771/MC
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Measurement
Overall: 35 mm x 38 mm
Image: 24 mm x 36 mm
Date Made
c 1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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