The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Italy. c. November 1944. Informal portrait of 402326 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) C. E. Edmondson of Wodonga, Vic, (one of the first forty to train in Rhodesia), Commanding Officer of the famous Gold Coast Squadron which fought in the Battle of Britain. The squadron now flies Mustangs in the Balkan Air Force. It was the top scoring RAF squadron of the Second World War. He flew for No. 249 Squadron which twice operated from behind enemy lines in Greece and Yugoslavia.
Italy. c. November 1944. Informal portrait of 409202 Flight Lieutenant F. M. Gamble DVC of Kyneton, Vic, and 402326 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) C. E. Edmondson of Wodonga, Vic, both members of a RAF Mus
Biferno, Italy. 10 February 1945. Informal portrait of 402326 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Charles E. Edmondson of Wodonga, Vic, commanding officer of No. 249 Squadron RAF. Note the North American P51 Mu
Biferno, Italy. 10 February 1945. No. 249 (Mustang) Squadron RAF which had two RAAF commanding officers in succession, is maintaining the high reputation it built up for itself during the Malta blitz
Biferno, Italy. 10 February 1945. No. 249 (Mustang) Squadron RAF which has had two RAAF commanding officers in succession, is keeping up the high reputation it built for itself during the Battle of Br
Biferno, Italy. 10 February 1945. No. 249 (Mustang) Squadron RAF which had two RAAF commanding officers (CO) (both awarded the DSO) in succession, is keeping up the high reputation it built up for its
Townsville, Qld. 30 June 1942. Some new arrivals to No. 76 Fighter Squadron RAAF. Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Peter Turnbull DFC, on the right, greets (from left), Pilot Officer E. G. Tainton; Flight Li
