MALTA0135B
Photograph MALTA0135B Period 1950-1959WRNS Officer Leta Ridley of Birmingham, UK is the Safety Equipment Officer at the naval station in Malta where 78 Fighter Wing RAAF is based. She is instructing pilots of 75 and 76 Squadrons in the c
P01973.001 Accession Number: P01973.001
Description
Wing Commander John W. Mitchell (standing centre), commander of Detachment S, briefs the crews of RAAF Hercules, in the ground floor restaurant of the Embassy Hotel Saigon, on the relief effort. Group Captain Lyall R. Klaffer, adviser to the Australian Embassy on the relief effort is standing at right. Those seated facing the camera are (from left): Flight Sergeant Wayne West (loadmaster), Flight Lieutenant J.G. Thyer (co-pilot), Flying Officer Terry G. Daff (co-pilot), Corporal John Mosscrop (medical assistant), and Sergeant Al Harris (loadmaster). Seated with back to camera are from the left: Bob St. John, Tony Pitt, Roger King.
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Accession Number
P01973.001
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
6 April 1975
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor I Frame
Copyright
Copyright unknown
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