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Photograph D00427 Period 1910-1919General Sir William Riddell Birdwood conversing with Anzac pilots inside the hangar at the aerodrome. Left to right, back to camera: Lieutenant (Lt) Lees, Australian Flying Corps (AFC); two unidentifi

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Minchinhampton, England. General Sir William Riddell Birdwood congratulating Anzac pilot Captain (Capt) G. F. Malley MC, Officer Commanding (OC) C Flight, No. 5 (Training) Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), at Minchinhampton aerodrome. Left to right: unidentified; Major Roy Cecil Phillipps MC & Bar DFC, OC, No. 6 Training Squadron; Lieutenant Colonel W. O. Watt OBE, CO, 1st Australian Wing, AFC; General Birdwood; Major R. S. Brown, OC, No. 1 Two Squadron Station, Minchinhampton aerodrome; Capt Malley; Lieutenant G. S. E. Lees, equipment officer, No. 1 Two Squadron Station, AFC.
General Sir William Riddell Birdwood conversing with Anzac pilots inside the hangar at the aerodrome. Left to right, back to camera: Lieutenant (Lt) Lees, Australian Flying Corps (AFC); two unidentifi

General Sir William Riddell Birdwood conversing with the Regimental Sergeant Major at the Australian aerodrome of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) at Minchinhampton. Left to right: Captain E. N. Toot

General Sir William Riddell Birdwood visits the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) aerodrome. Standing in the hangar, left to right: Major R C Phillipps MC DFC, 6th Training Squadron; Lieutenant Colonel W

Minchinhampton, England. General Sir William Riddell Birdwood (centre), addressing a parade of officers, cadets, and air mechanics of No. 1 Two Squadron Station, Australian Flying Corps during a visit

General Sir William Riddell Birdwood seated in an Avro 504K ready for a flight from Minchinhampton to Leighterton, two Australian aerodromes in Gloucestershire. The pilot is Major R C Phillipps MC DFC

General Sir William Riddell Birdwood about to start on a flight from Minchinhampton to Leighterton, two aerodromes of the Australian Flying Corps, in Gloucestershire, in England. Shown: Major R. C. Ph
