The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Mustang squadron in the Balkan Air Force. The two squadrons to which these men belong are credited with between 600 and 700 enemy vehicles destroyed in the Podgorika pocket in Yugoslavia. No. 249 Squadron alone destroyed 150 locomotives, approximately 1,000 railway wagons, shipping bridges, stores, refineries, etc. Sqn Ldr Edmondson is the Commanding Officer of the famous Gold Coast Squadron, which fought in the Battle of Britain.
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 Coa
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 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 in succession, is maintaining the high reputation it built up for itself during the Malta blitz
Sicily, Italy. 1943. 402554 Squadron Leader S. G. Welshman DFM, of Lambton near Newcastle, NSW, Commanding Officer of the unit and pilots of 1437 Flight sit near a vehicle and wait for a briefing to b
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
