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FAIREY BATTLE, L-5471, PILOT, FLYING OFFICER JOHN C. ARCHER, RAF: OVER NO. 1 AIRCRAFT PARK, GEELONG (VIC.) AREA; PREMISES REQUISITIONED FROM INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. NOTE 24 FAIREY BATTLE AIRCRAFT IN CENTRE OF PHOTOGRAPH. THIS ERECTION AREA WAS COMMANDED BY AN OFFICER OF ROYAL AIR FORCE, SQUADRON LEADER H.A. VATCHER, ENGINEER OFFICER. (PHOTOGRAPHER: JOHN HARRISON).
VIC. 1940-09-06. FAIREY BATTLE AIRCRAFT L-5471, PILOT, FLYING OFFICER JOHN C. ARCHER RAF, IN FLIGHT OVER PORT PHILLIP BAY (OR CORIO BAY), GEELONG, VIC. AREA. THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED FROM AN
FAIREY BATTLE AIRCRAFT L-5471 IN FLIGHT, PILOT, FLYING OFFICER JOHN C. ARCHER RAF. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM ANOTHER BATTLE, N-2244, FLOWN BY SQUADRON LEADER JOHN MARGRAVE LEREW RAAF. (PHOTOGRAPHER: JOHN HARR
FAIREY BATTLES, "PEELING OFF" AT LAVERTON (VIC.) AFTER FERRY FLIGHT FROM NO. 1 AIRCRAFT PARK, GEELONG (VIC.) AREA. LEADER IS WING COMMANDER MACKAY (RAF), NEXT IS SQUADRON LEADER J.D. GREEN (ALSO RAF),
GEELONG, VIC. (A22) FAIREY BATTLE AIRCRAFT, L5471 OF THE RAAF, FLYING OVER THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER FACTORY, WHERE THESE AIRCRAFT WERE ASSEMBLED ON ARRIVAL FROM ENGLAND. THE BATTLE AIRCRAFT RETAINE
DOUGLAS DC-2, A30-5, PILOT, 262097, FLYING OFFICER PETER JOHN GIBBES, DFC. NOT BE CONFUSED WITH 260714, SQUADRON LEADER R. H. (BOBBY) GIBBES. THIS DC-2, FIRST OF TEN EX EASTERN AIRLINES (USA), WAS PHO
BRISTOL BEAUFORTS AT NO. 1 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, BAIRNSDALE (VIC), AT REAR A9-102, PILOT, 262097 FLYING OFFICER PETER JOHN GIBBES, DFC, A9-66 PILOT, 377 SQUADRON LEADER CYRIL CLARENCE WILLIAMS. (
