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SUSSEX, ENGLAND. 1943-10-14. 467662 SQUADRON LEADER K. M. BARCLAY, PETERBOROUGH, SA (LEFT), FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, SAYS GOODBYE TO 404795 SQN LDR D. G. ANDREWS DFC, SOUTHPORT, QLD, PRESENT COMMANDING OFFICER, AT RAF STATION TANGMERE, WHEN SPITFIRE NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF MOVES OFF ON ITS JOURNEY TO A NEW LOCATION AT RAF STATION SKEABRAE IN THE ORKNEYS.
CORNWALL, ENGLAND. 1943-10-14. A FIGHTER PILOT OF SPITFIRE NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF, AT RAF STATION PERRANPORTH, IS MET ON RETURN FROM PATROL BY HIS FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER PRIOR TO MOVING HUNDREDS OF
ORKNEYS, SCOTLAND. 1943-10-17. SURROUNDED BY A GROUP OF PILOTS, WING COMMANDER BARTON DFC AND BAR, COMMANDING OFFICER, RAF STATION SKEABRAE IN THE ORKNEYS (RIGHT FOREGROUND), TO WHICH NO. 453 (SPITFIR
CORNWALL, ENGLAND. 1943-10-14. PILOT OFFICER W. H. LOW, RAF ADJUTANT OF SPITFIRE NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF AT RAF STATION PERRANPORTH, SUPERVISES THE LOADING OF LUGGAGE INTO THE TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT WHICH I
SUSSEX, ENGLAND. 1944-05-02. A SPITFIRE FIGHTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION FORD, IS NOW COMMANDED BY 407256 SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) D. H. SMITH, VICTOR HARBOR (HA
The Commanding Officer, 404795 Squadron Leader Donald George Andrews DFC of Southport, Qld, is first to land in his Spitfire aircraft, code named DB-B, serial no. 878 (AA878), when No. 453 Squadron RA
SUSSEX, ENGLAND. 1944-05-02. 404795 SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) D. G. ANDREWS DFC, SOUTHPORT, QLD (RIGHT), SAYING GOODBYE TO 405473 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) E. A. R. ESAU, BRISBANE, QLD. SQN LDR ANDRE
