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Photograph MALTA0253 Period 1950-1959The armament instructor with 78 Fighter Wing RAAF in Malta demonstrates how to hold a Bren gun. The airmen watching him are learning how to use the machine gun in preparation for promotion exams. Id

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sergeant Glen Stockham of Kilburn, SA, explains the use of a Bren Gun to a small group of Australian airmen. The men are taking lectures each day in preparation for their promotion exams. They are members of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF, stationed in Malta for garrison duty.
The armament instructor with 78 Fighter Wing RAAF in Malta demonstrates how to hold a Bren gun. The airmen watching him are learning how to use the machine gun in preparation for promotion exams. Id

Three armourers of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF prepare to arm up the Wing's Vampire fighter aircraft for a rocket firing exercise. Identified left to right: Corporal Geoff Comer of Bowral, NSW (seated); Lea

Corporal Gordon Linklater changes a magazine in one of the camera guns of a Vampire fighter aircraft at the RAF base in Cyprus. Watching him is Sergeant Glen Stockham of Kilburn, SA. The two men wer

Cameraman Bob Krasker (in shorts), who is working on the feature film The Malta Story, lets Flying Officer (FO) Les Reading of Cunderdin, WA, look through the sights of his movie camera. Born in Per

English actress Muriel Pavlow, on location for the J Arthur Rank feature film The Malta Story, pictured with some visitors from 78 Fighter Wing RAAF, who were stationed in Malta for garrison duty. Th

Three members of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF pictured on location with three cast members of the feature film The Malta Story. The Wing was stationed in Malta for garrison duty; members went to watch the fi
