The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Mustang aircraft in the background. No. 249 Squadron was the top scoring squadron in the Second World War. Sqn Ldr Edmondson was previously a member of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF; No. 274 Squadron RAF; 1437 Flight RAF; No. 260 Squadron RAF; No. 225 Squadron RAF; and No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF.
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
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. 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
Cutella, Italy. April 1944. North American P51 Mustang aircraft of No. 260 Squadron RAF, in the Maintenance section on an airfield being used by No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF.
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
Informal portrait of three RAAF Squadron Leaders. Once together as pilots in No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF in the Middle East, they were all subsequently given command of squadrons themselves. Left
