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17 DECEMBER 1940. DOUGLAS DC-2, A30-5, PILOT 262097 FLYING OFFICER PETER JOHN GIBBES, DFC. A30-5 WAS THE FIRST OF 10 DC-2'S PURCHASED BY THE RAAF FROM EASTERN AIRLINES FOR "FLYING CLASSROOM" USE BY OBSERVERS AND WIRELESS OPERATORS; AND TO LIMITED EXTENT FOR TRANSPORT UNTIL ADDITIONAL DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA (DC-3) BECAME AVAILABLE.
DOUGLAS DC-2, A30-5, PILOT 262097 FLYING OFFICER PETER JOHN GIBBES, DFC. THIS ONE WAS THE FIRST TO FLY IN AUSTRALIA OF 10 PURCHASED BY RAAF FROM EASTERN AIRLINES, USA. PHOTOGRAPHED POINT COOK (VIC.) A
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
CONVERTED AIRLINERS ARE USED EXTENSIVELY FOR AIR INSTRUCTION OF WIRELESS OPERATORS, AND ALSO AT AIR NAVIGATION SCHOOLS. THIS ONE, A DOUGLAS DC-2, CARRIED THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS FOR, EASTERN AIR LINES
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. 1945-04-02. FLYING OFFICER F. BRINDLE, WIRELESS OPERATOR, RAAF (1), SHOWS CORPORAL G. LACKMAN, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (AWAS) (2), RADIO EQUIPMENT AT 7,000 FEET DURING MOVE
Hathazari, Eastern Bengal, India. c. 21 February 1945. Table niceties are dispensed with when you come back from a tiring trip dropping supplies from Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft No. 117 Squa
Hathazari, Eastern Bengal, India. c. 21 February 1945. The crew of 'M for Mother', a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF, dropping supplies in Burma, climb aboard over the lo
