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PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1944-01-25. THE COMMANDING OFFICER (CO) OF SUNDERLAND NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, 250644 SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) R. N. GILLIES, MELBOURNE, VIC, ARRANGES THE FAMOUS SPOTTED PIGS, THE SQUADRON'S MASCOTS, AT AN INFORMAL FAREWELL IN THE OFFICER'S MESS WHERE SENIOR RAAF AND COASTAL COMMAND OFFICERS WISHED "BON-VOYAGE" TO MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CREWS EVER TO FLY SUNDERLANDS FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA, JUST BEFORE THEY LEAVE ON THEIR LONG JOURNEY HOME. LEFT TO RIGHT: 132 WING COMMANDER G. C. HARTNELL, MELBOURNE, VIC, FORMER CO OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF; 1108 SQN LDR A. C. H. PATHERICK, BRISBANE, QLD, FORMERLY A MEMBER OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, NOW RAAF LIAISON OFFICER, COASTAL COMMAND; SQN LDR GILLIES; 401597 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) C. M. AUSTIN, NAREEN, VIC; AIR VICE-MARSHAL (AVM) B. E. BAKER CB DSO MC AFC, GROUP AIR OFFICER COMMANDING, RAF; AVM H. N. WRIGLEY CBE DFC AFC, AOC, RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS; 4818 FLT LT C. BRIGSTOCK, SYDNEY, NSW, ADJUTANT, NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF; AVM A. DURSTON CB AFC, SENIOR AIR STAFF OFFICER, COASTAL COMMAND, RAF. BESIDE TABLE: 405144 FLYING OFFICER L. W. WILSON, CRABBES CREEK, NSW.
THE COMMANDING OFFICER (CO) OF SUNDERLAND NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, 250644 SQUADRON LEADER R. N. GILLIES, MELBOURNE, VIC, IN HIS COMMENTS ON THE SPOTTED PIGS, THE SQUADR
THE CAPTAINS OF THE FIRST TWO SUNDERLANDS EVER TO BE FLOWN FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA CHAT INFORMALLY WITH SENIOR RAAF AND COASTAL COMMAND OFFICERS IN THE MESS OF SUNDERLAND NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED
IN THE MESS OF NO. 10 (SUNDERLAND) SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, 3932 (1941, O36036) SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) T. A. EGERTON DFC, WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC, READS THE LETTER OF CONGRATULAT
AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AIR OFFICER COMMANDING (AOC) IN COASTAL COMMAND, AIR VICE-MARSHAL (AVM) A. DURSTON CB AFC, SENIOR AIR STAFF OFFICER, COASTAL COMMAND, HANDS A LETTER OF CONGRATULATION
RAF Station Leuchars, Scotland. C. 1944-05. General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief Allied Land Forces in the South-West Pacific Area, visited No. 455 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAAF of Coastal Comm
RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. C. 1943-08. Group portrait of the Station Commanding Officer Group Captain (Group Capt) J. Alexander OBE and other officers of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron
