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NO 76 FIGHTER SQUADRON RAAF. AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOTS FROM OVERSEAS RETURN TO AUSTRALIA TO STRENGTHEN OUR OPERATIONAL SQUADRONS. AT A FORWARD BASE FOUR OF THESE EXPERIENCED PILOTS MEET. THEY ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT: P/O TAINTON; FL. LT. CLIVE WAWN DFC. SQUADRON LEADER KEITH TRUSCOTT DFC & BAR; AND SQUADRON LEADER PETER TURNBULL DFC. THE FIRST THREE WERE MEMBERS OF THE FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN SPITFIRE SQUADRON IN ENGLAND, WHILE TURNBULL WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PILOTS OF THE EQUALLY FAMOUS SQUADRON THAT FOUGHT ALL THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST. TURNBULL AT ONE TIME HELD THE SQUADRON RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF ENEMY PLANES SHOT DOWN. (NEGATIVE BY ANDERSON).
NO 76 FIGHTER SQUADRON RAAF. AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOTS FROM OVERSEAS RETURN TO AUSTRALIA TO STRENGTHEN OUR OPERATIONAL SQUADRONS. AT A FORWARD BASE THREE OF THESE EXPERIENCED PILOTS MEET. THEY ARE (LE
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
MILDURA, VIC. 1942-06-16. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 2 (FIGHTER) OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, RAAF, ON THE AIRFIELD. THEY ARE PILOTED BY FIVE RAAF PILOTS WHO WON THE DFC, INCLUDING SQUADRON LEADER FRANK
MILDURA, VIC, 1942-06-16. FOUR CURTISS P-40 KITTYHAWK FIGHTER AIRCRAFT IN ECHELON RIGHT FORMATION AT NO. 2 (FIGHTER) OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, RAAF. THEY WERE FLOWN BY: FRONT TO REAR, WING COMMANDER
Townsville, Qld. 1942-06. Three of the first decorated RAAF pilots to return to Australia after service in Britain. Before and during the Battle of Britain they recorded twenty six "kills" of enemy ai
MILDURA, VIC, 1942-06-16. FOUR CURTISS P-40 KITTYHAWK FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FLYING IN FORMATION AT NO. 2 (FIGHTER) OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, RAAF STATION MILDURA. THEY WERE FLOWN BY: FRONT TO REAR, WING C
