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BOFU, JAPAN. C. 1946-04. BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF) COMMANDER IN CHIEF, LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) JOHN NORTHCOTT CB MVO, INSPECTED BOFU AIRSTRIP ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICERS FROM NO. 81 FIGHTER WING RAAF. FROM LEFT: WING COMMANDER (WG CDR) J. R. KINNINMONT DFC, NORTHBRIDGE, NSW; LT GEN J. NORTHCOTT CB MVO; WG CDR ANDY D. SWAN MBE, ELWOOD, VIC; WG CDR GLEN COOPER DFC, COMMANDING NO. 81 FIGHTER WING RAAF, BRIGHTON, VIC; AIR VICE MARSHAL F. M. BLADIN CBE, CHIEF OF STAFF TO COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
BOFU, JAPAN. C. 1946-04. VISITING BOFU AIRFIELD LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) JOHN NORTHCOTT CB MVO, INSPECTED A RAAF GUARD OF HONOUR PROVIDED BY NO. 81 FIGHTER WING RAAF. IN THE OFFICIAL PARTY ARE: WIN
IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1946-03-09. WHEN WING COMMANDER (WG CDR) GLEN COOPER DFC, ELWOOD, VIC, COMMANDING OFFICER, NO. 81 FIGHTER WING RAAF (LEFT), LED IN THE FIRST MUSTANG FLIGHT FROM NO. 81 FIGHTER WING TO
BOFU, JAPAN. C. 1946-04. LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN NORTHCOTT CB MVO, INSPECTED A RAAF GUARD OF HONOUR PROVIDED BY NO. 81 FIGHTER WING RAAF. ON THE LEFT IS WING COMMANDER ANDY D. SWAN MBE OF ELWOOD, VIC,
BOFU, JAPAN. C. 1946-04. LEAVING MITAJIRI RAILWAY STATION TO INSPECT BOFU AIRFIELD AND BARRACKS, LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) JOHN NORTHCOTT CB MVO, AND HIS STAFF ATTRACTED A CROWD OF CURIOUS JAPANESE
IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1946-03-09. SQUADRON LEADER DICK WILSON OF EVANS HEAD, NSW (LEFT) AND WING COMMANDER (WG CDR) GLEN COOPER DFC OF ELWOOD, VIC, WERE MET BY WG CDR J. R. KINNINMONT DFC OF NORTHBRIDGE, NS
BOFU, JAPAN. 1946-03-18. 1319 WING COMMANDER ANDY D. SWAN MBE OF ELWOOD, VIC, SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER NO. 81 FIGHTER WING RAAF (LEFT), GREETING 2623 SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) FRANK SCHAAF DFC OF
