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St Catherines, Corsica, France. 15 August 1944. Pilots of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, study a blackboard, called the Gaggle Board, on which the names of pilots taking part in forthcoming operations are written up. The board shows the five operations flown by the squadron on D-Day (15 August 1944). Left to right: 408519 Flying Officer G. H. Purdy of Carnegie, Vic; 420520 Warrant Officer J. A. Barrington of Randwick, NSW, and 408179 Flight Lieutenant R. J. Robert of Elsternwick, Vic.
St Catherines, Corsica, France. 15 August 1944. 408519 (later O34054) Flying Officer George Herbert Purdy of Carnegie, Vic, brings the Gaggle Board of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF in Corsica, up t
St Catherines, Corsica, France. July 1944. Informal portrait of 420520 Warrant Officer J. Barrington of Randwick, NSW, a member of No. 451 Squadron RAAF operating from a base in Corsica. Note the Supe
St Catherines, Corsica, France. August 1944. Between operations from their base in Corsica, pilots of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, take time out to relax on the beach. Left to right: 417241 Warra
St Catherines, Corsica, France. 15 August 1944. Airmen of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF study a map of Southern France on D-Day, 15 August 1944. Left to right: 33552 Sergeant (Sgt) H. T. Swinbourne
St Catherines, Corsica, France. c. July 1944. Pilots of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF operating from Corsica take some time off to gather a bucketful of blackberries. Left to right: 402523 Flight L
St Catherines, Corsica, France. 15 August 1944. Airmen of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF listen to the news of the invasion of Southern France on D-Day as they have their evening meal.
