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Western Desert, Egypt. 9 November 1942. Portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Middle East (left), with General A. C. Strickland, United States Middle East Air Forces (centre), and Air Vice Marshal Arthur Coningham, Air Officer Commanding, Western Desert, at Advanced Air Headquarters while on a visit to forward airfields. Air Headquarters, Groups, Wings and Squadrons of the Allied Air Forces are all on the move. With them go stores, Repair and Salvage Units. Ready at a couple of hours' notice, they follow close at the heels of the advancing land forces and in the shortest possible time have aircraft operating against the enemy from the most advanced bases.
Western Desert, Egypt. 9 November 1942. Portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Middle East (left), sitting with Air Vice Marshal Arthur Coningham, Air Office
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
Western Desert, North Africa. 13 December 1941. Sir Walter Monckton KC, Director General of Middle East Propaganda, and Air Marshal Arthur W. Tedder (right) have a final chat with Air Vice Marshal (AV
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 Comm
Middle East. C. 1942. Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, commander of the Tactical Air Force, is Australian born. Formerly Air Officer Commanding Western Desert, he personally directed the massive
Western Desert, North Africa. c. November 1941. Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Arthur Coningham (centre, arms folded), Air Officer Commanding the Western Desert Air Forces chatting with war correspondents bes
