The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ORKNEYS, SCOTLAND. 1943-10-17. 403046 PILOT OFFICER (PO) R. C. FORD, WARDELL, NSW (LEFT) AND 401566 PO J. W. P. NICHOLLS, MELBOURNE, VIC, AFTER ARRIVING AT RAF STATION SKAEBRAE IN THE ORKNEYS, THE NEW LOCATION TO WHICH SPITFIRE NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF MOVED.
ORKNEYS, SCOTLAND. 1943-10-17. DESPITE STRONG WINDS, SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF CIRCLE THE DROME IN PERFECT FORMATION PRIOR TO LANDING AT THEIR NEW LOCATION AT RAF STATION SKAEBRAE IN
Drem, Scotland. C. 1942-07. Portrait of 403046 Sergeant R. C. Ford, of Wardell, NSW, with No. 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, based at an RAF Station, looking at an Australian Pix magazine.
ORKNEYS, SCOTLAND. 1943-10-17. FOUR SUPERNUMERARY PILOTS OF SPITFIRE NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF WHO WERE FLOWN TO THE SQUADRON'S NEW LOCATION WATCH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST OF THE SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT TO REAC
Drem, Scotland. C. 1942-07. Portrait of 403046 Sergeant R. C. Ford, of Wardell, NSW, with No. 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, based at an RAF Station, straightening the frame over a cartoon of Hitler.
ORKNEYS, SCOTLAND. 1943-10-17. ON ARRIVAL AT THEIR NEW STATION MEMBERS OF SPITFIRE NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF DISCUSS THE TRIP AND QUESTION THE EARLIER ARRIVALS ABOUT STATION CONDITIONS AT RAF STATION SKAE
ORKNEYS, SCOTLAND. 1943-10-20. 405117 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. EWINS, BALLARAT, VIC, WHO, BY SHOOTING DOWN ONE AIRCRAFT, BROUGHT THE SQUADRON'S TOTAL OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED UP TO FIVE OUT OF THE EIGH
