MALTA0275
Photograph MALTA0275 Period 1950-1959Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Eric Questiau of the French Air Force, shown in the cockpit of his Vampire aircraft. Lt Questiau led a formation of four French planes that participated in the NATO exerci
MALTA0274 Accession Number: MALTA0274
Description
78 Fighter Wing RAAF pilots Flying Officer Les Reading, DFC of Cunderdin, WA and Sergeant Barry Weymouth of Footscray, Vic, admire the squadron emblem on the side of a French Vampire aircraft flown in to their airfield in Malta by Lieutenant Eric Questiau of the French Air Force. The RAAF and the French Air Force worked together in the NATO exercise Operation Drago.
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Accession Number
MALTA0274
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Date Made
29-31 October 1952
Place Made
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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