The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Thomas Frederick Wong See, the first Australian of Chinese extraction to serve in the RAAF, on the deck of SS Largs Bay about to depart from Sydney. LAC Wong See was a member of the first group of RAAF aircrew trainees to complete their basic training in Australia under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and then complete their training in South Africa and Rhodesia. Wong See completed his training in Africa returning to Australia 18 May 1941 before sailing for the UK on 16 June 1942. After more training at No 4 Operational Training Unit he served in No 461 Squadron RAAF, flying Sunderlands, No 357 Squadron RAF, and No 224 Squadron RAF, flying Liberators. Flying Officer Wong See returned to Australia 8 August 1945 and was discharged on 4 October 1945.
Sight Log book and pay book of No. 402547 Flying Officer Thomas Frederick Wong See, covering his training in Australia and service as a navigator on Liberator aircraft with 224 Squadron Coastal (Comma
Probably St. Eval, Cornwall, England, 1944. Outdoors group portrait of the crew of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator probably of No. 224 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command, gathered beneath one of the aircraf
England. c. 1945. Informal group portrait of some crew members of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft probably of No. 224 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command, standing on a railway platform in a town to
SYDNEY, NSW, 1940-12-10. LARGE GROUP OF RAAF SERVICEMEN ABOARD THE TRANSPORT VESSEL "LARGS BAY" ON THE DAY OF ITS DEPARTURE FROM SYDNEY. THE SERVICEMEN WERE TRAVELLING TO RHODESIA FOR FURTHER TRAINING
Opening scene shows four Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) Leading Aircraftmen in front of Mr & Mrs Wize's home at 9918 115th Street Edmonton Alberta Canada. The airmen were stationed at No. 3 Manning
Studio portrait of 414988 Flying Officer (FO) Ronald Henry Buchan-Hepburn of Cairns, Qld. A clerk before enlisting in the RAAF in December 1941, FO Buchan-Hepburn trained as a pilot in Australia and C
