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Poretta, Corsica, France. May 1944. Group Captain W. J. Duncan OBE, RAAF Liaison Officer, Middle East (left), with 402365 Squadron Leader Ed E. Kirkham (right), Commanding Officer of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, operating from a base in Poretta, Corsica. Group Captain Duncan recently paid the squadron a visit. Note the Avro Anson aircraft in the background.
Poretta, Corsica, France. May 1944. No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF which is now operating from Poretta Airfield in Corsica, and had previously been based in the Middle East for three years. On its f
Poretta, Corsica, France. May 1944. Pilots of No. 451 Squadron RAAF which is operating from a forward Mediterranean base in Corsica stand in front of a Supermarine Spitfire aircraft. Recently they acc
Poretta, Corsica, France. May 1944. Pilots of No. 451 Squadron RAAF which is operating from a forward Mediterranean base in Corsica stand in front of a Supermarine Spitfire aircraft. Recently they acc
El Daba, Egypt. c. December 1943. Informal portrait of 402365 Squadron Leader E. E. (Ed) Kirkham MID of Concord, NSW, Commanding Officer of No. 451 Squadron RAAF. Note the Supermarine Spitfire aircraf
El Daba, Egypt. c. December 1943. Informal portrait of 402365 Squadron Leader Ed E. Kirkham MID, Commanding Officer of No. 451 Squadron RAAF, with his Supermarine Spitfire aircraft.
El Daba, Egypt. 25 December 1943. 402365 Squadron Leader E. E. (Ed) Kirkham MID reading the lesson as Padre R. E. Davies RAAF, who stands in the background waits to continue the Christmas Day service
