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LYDDA. BLAKE PELLY, SQUADRON LEADER OF THE NEWLY FORMED AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND LATE FLT. LT. OF THE FAMOUS NO. 3 RAAF SQUADRON MEETS AN OLD FRIEND FROM THE HOME TOWN, (BOWRAL), R. MASLYN WILLIAMS, OF THE OFFICIAL PHOTO UNIT.... BOTH ON THE WAY TO SYRIA ON "BUSINESS". (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).
LYDDA. FLT. LT. BLAKE PELLY OF NO. 3 SQUADRON RAAF WHO IS AT PRESENT 2IC OF THE SQUADRON. BY THE TIME THIS REACHES AUSTRALIA HE WILL BE SQUADRON LEADER OF THE NEWLY ARRIVED 451 SQUADRON MADE UP OF AUS
LYDDA. FLIGHT LT. ALAN RAWLINSON, ONE OF THE ORIGINALS OF NO. 3 SQUADRON WHO WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE OF THE LIBYAN CAMPAIGN AND AND NOW OPERATING IN SYRIA, RAWLINSON AND JOCK PERRIN THE TWO FLIGHT LEAD
LYDDA. FLIGHT LT. "JOCK" PERRIN D.F.C. OF THE RAAF (NUMBER 3 SQUADRON) AND ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN AND LIKED PERSONALITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE HE IS KNOWN AS THE BLONDE AUSSIE. HE IS ONE OF T
Hama, Syria. Travelling southward, and on the eastern side of the great Lebanon Range from Aleppo, lies the old river town of Hama, noted for its famous water wheels.
LYDDA. GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN AND ENGLISH AIR FORCE OFFICERS (RAAF & RAF) ON THE VERANDAH OF THE MAIN BUILDING AT LYDDA AIRPORT AT PRESENT BEING USED AS HQ FOR SQUADRON OPERATING IN PALESTINE. FRONT ROW,
SYRIA. TRAVELLING SOUTHWARD, AND ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE GREAT LEBANON RANGE FROM ALEPPO, THE ROAD RUNS THROUGH THE OLD RIVER TOWN OF HAMA, NOTED FOR ITS FAMOUS WATER-WHEELS, WHICH ARE THE ONLY PRE
