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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 CONGRATULATIONS TO 3932 (1941, O36036) SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) T. A. EGERTON, WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC, CAPTAIN OF THE FIRST OF TWO SUNDERLANDS EVER TO BE FLOWN FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA. THE OCCASION JUST PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE WAS AN INFORMAL FAREWELL BY SENIOR RAAF AND COASTAL COMMAND OFFICERS TO MEMBERS OF THE CREW IN THE MESS OF SUNDERLAND NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN. LEFT TO RIGHT: 405144 FLYING OFFICER L. W. WILSON, CRABBES CREEK, NSW; SQN LDR EGERTON; 287 WING COMMANDER R. S. RICE, LISMORE, NSW, ACTING STATION COMMANDER; AVM H. N. WRIGLEY CBE DFC AFC, AOC, RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS; AVM A. DURSTON CB AFC.
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
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
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
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, ARRANG
3932 (1941, O36036) SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) T. A. EGERTON DFC, WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC (LEFT) AND 403860 SQN LDR H. G. COOKE DFC, SYDNEY, NSW (RIGHT), BOTH MEMBERS OF SUNDERLAND NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF OF CO
MEMBERS OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, ONE OF THE FIRST TWO CREWS TO FLY SUNDERLAND FLYING BOATS FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA, PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE. BACK ROW: 6739 FLYING
