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England. 1945-06-20. Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) R. G. Dutton DSO DFC and Bar, an Australian in the RAF, the CO of a RAF Transport Command Squadron waiting beside his Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft before taking off with a load of passengers for Paris. Wg Cdr Dutton formed the first Australian Spitfire squadron. He flew Spitfire aircraft in the Battle of Britain, later did a tour on Beaufighter aircraft and is now doing a tour on Dakota aircraft. He led the airborne invasion across the Rhine on 1945-03-24, for which he was awarded the DSO.
Paris, France. 1945-06-20. Portrait of 432168 Flying Officer V. C. Hawker of Kogarah, NSW, standing beside his RAF Transport Command Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft at Le Bourget aerodrome awaiting the ar
England. 1945-03-30. Aircrews of RAF Transport Command flew many of our wounded back from the Rhine - airborne and land troops - and they are now in English hospitals undergoing treatment. A wounded m
India. C. 1944-08. Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) Earl B. Fielden of Bare, Morecambe, Lancs, receiving the American DFC from Brigadier General William D. Old at a ceremony held behind the Burma front. Wg Cdr
Airborne over Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Supplies in cane baskets are being dropped from a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF operating in Burma.
Airborne over Southern France. C. 1944-09. British Gliders towed by Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft over Southern France for the Allied airborne invasion.
SUSSEX, ENGLAND. 1944-06-09. PORTRAIT OF SQUADRON COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 456 (MOSQUITO) SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION FORD, 147 WING COMMANDER (WG CDR) K. M. HAMPSHIRE DSO DFC, PERTH, WA, WHO
