The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cairo, Egypt. 30 March 1942. Standing on the airfield, General (Gen) George H. Brett, Chief of the Allied Air Forces, in Australia (right), chats to Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder KCB, Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Middle East Air Forces. Gen Brett spent a period in the Middle East studying the problems of supplies and maintenance of American aircraft and equipment, and made an extensive tour of the Western Desert.
Tripolitania, Libya. 23 January 1943. Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Sholto Douglas KCB MC DFC (left) talking to Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, Air Officer Commanding Western Desert. ACM Douglas
Richard G. Casey, Minister of State in the Middle East (left), greets the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with his signature cigar in his mouth, on his arrival at a desert airfield for his t
MIDDLE EAST. MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE BRETT, WITH AIR OFFICER COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, MIDDLE EAST (AIR-MARSHAL A. TEDDER) BESIDE THE FUSELAGE OF THE GIANT "LIBERATOR" BOMBER. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
Cairo, Egypt. 4 May 1942. Mr Richard Casey, Minister of State in the Middle East, arriving at the airport to assume his new post. Left to right: Air Marshal R. M. Drummond, Deputy Air Officer Commandi
Cairo, Egypt. 15 December 1941. Mr William Bullitt (right), personal representative of President Roosevelt, and Air Marshal Arthur W. Tedder, Air Officer Commanding in Chief Middle East Air Forces. Mr
Iraq. 26 April 1942. On the parade ground, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder KCB, Air Officer in Commanding in Chief, RAF, Middle East, inspects Iraq levies during his tour of inspection of the Middle Eas
