The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1953-09-02. RECENTLY RELEASED PRISONER OF WAR, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT JOHN "BUTCH" HANNAN CHATS WITH RAAF NURSING SISTER HELEN BLAIR IN THE AIRCRAFT THAT FLEW HIM AND OTHER RAAF PILOTS WHO HAD BEEN PRISONERS OF WAR IN NORTH KOREA FROM KOREA TO JAPAN. PILOT OFFICER VANCE DRUMMOND (PARTLY OBSCURED) PASSES THE TIME READING.
SYDNEY, 1953. INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF ALL THE RAAF PILOTS WHO WERE SHOT DOWN AND CAPTURED IN KOREA, AFTER THEIR LIBERATION. LEFT TO RIGHT: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT GORDON HARVEY; PILOT OFFICER BRUCE THOMP
IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1953-08-06. COMMANDANT ROBINSON OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS GREETS ONE OF A GROUP OF RECENTLY EXCHANGED PRISONERS OF WAR ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN JAPAN FROM KOREA. IN THE BACKGROUND IS RAAF
IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1953-08-06. DURING THE FLIGHT FROM KOREA TO JAPAN, RAAF NURSING SISTER HELEN BLAIR TENDS TO ONE OF THE SECOND GROUP OF PRISONERS OF WAR TO BE EXCHANGED FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THE CEA
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. 1953-09-02. PILOTS AT PRESENT SERVING WITH NO. 77 SQUADRON, RAAF WERE ON HAND AT CAMP BRITANNIA TO MEET TWO OF THE RAAF PILOTS WHO HAD RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISONER OF WAR C
PANMUNJOM, NORTH KOREA. 1953-09-01. STILL WEARING THEIR BLUE CHINESE PRISON UNIFORMS, FIVE PILOTS SHOT DOWN WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF ARE SHOWN SHORTLY AFTER THEIR RELEASE FROM PRISONER
IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1953-08-06. SENIOR RAAF NURSING SISTER HELEN CLEARY (RIGHT) AND SISTER PAM LEAHY (LEFT) SEE TO THE COMFORT OF A RECENTLY EXCHANGED PRISONER OF WAR IN THE RAAF HOSPITAL AT IWAKUNI.
