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MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C. 1944-04. WRITING AT HIS DESK, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE FAMOUS KITTYHAWK SQUADRON, NO. 76 SQUADRON RAAF, SQUADRON LEADER IAN S. LOUDON DFC, WHO FORMERLY OWNED RUBBER PLANTATIONS WITH HIS FATHER IN NEW GUINEA. AT TWENTY THREE, LOUDON IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE YOUNGEST OF HIS RANK IN THE RAAF AND CONSIDERED AMONG THE TOP-LINE FLYERS. ENLISTING EARLY IN THE WAR HE TRAINED IN AUSTRALIA AND CANADA, CROSSING TO ENGLAND WHERE HE FLEW DURING THE BLITZ. LATER HE TRANSFERRED TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND THEN RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA.
MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C. 1944-04. PORTRAIT OF SQUADRON LEADER LOUDEN DFC, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 76 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF, WHO IS TWENTY THREE YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN
MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS, C. 1944-04. OFF ON A MISSION, THE PILOTS OF NO. 76 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF MAKE A QUICK TRIP OUT TO THE REVETMENTS AND THE COMMANDING OFFICER, SQUADRON
MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C. 1944-03. SQUADRON LEADER IAN LOUDON, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 76 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF WITH HELMET IN HAND AND WEARING HIS MAE WEST (LIFEJACKE
MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C. 1944-03. SQUADRON LEADER IAN LOUDON, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 76 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF (LEFT), AND ANOTHER OFFICER IN FRONT OF A CAPTURED JAPA
MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C. 1944-04. OFFICERS AND NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER PILOTS OF NO. 76 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF BEING BRIEFED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER, SQUADRON LEADER IAN
MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C. 1944-04. INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF OFFICERS AND NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER PILOTS OF NO. 76 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF BEING BRIEFED BY THE COMMANDING OF
