MALTA0017
Photograph MALTA0017 Period 1950-1959Flight Lieutenant Tom Markowski, Electrical Engineer with 78 Fighter Wing RAAF, which will shortly leave for Malta, uses a multi-meter to test a generator on the turbine of a Vampire MK30 aircraft. F
MALTA0696 Accession Number: MALTA0696
Description
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Markowski (left), electrical engineer with 78 Fighter Wing RAAF, shakes hands with Sir Thomas White, the Australian High Commissioner, who is paying an official visit to 78 Fighter Wing RAAF at the RAF airfield in Norfolk, England. Flt Lt Markowski was a member of the Polish Air Force, and flew Tiger Moth aircraft during the early Nazi onslaught in 1940; he holds the Virtuti Militari and the Cross of Valour. The Wing was in England to represent the RAAF at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and to take part in the RAF Royal Review air pageant.
Details
Accession Number
MALTA0696
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Date Made
c July 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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