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Photograph MALTA0761 Period 1950-1959Squadron Leader Doug Hurdich of Sale, Vic (left) discusses the flight plan with Chaplain Joseph P Whitt of Alabama (centre), who is about to go on his first flight in a Meteor jet aircraft. Flight Li

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Squadron Leader Doug Hurdich of Sale, Vic, shows the controls of an RAAF Meteor aircraft to Chaplain Joseph P Whitt of the US Air Force. Chaplain Whitt, who is stationed at the US Air Force base in Tripoli, is visiting 78 Fighter Wing RAAF at their base in Malta.
Squadron Leader Doug Hurdich of Sale, Vic (left) discusses the flight plan with Chaplain Joseph P Whitt of Alabama (centre), who is about to go on his first flight in a Meteor jet aircraft. Flight Li

Squadron Leader Doug Hurdich of Sale, Vic (left) discusses the flight plan with Chaplain Joseph P Whitt of Alabama (centre), who is about to go on his first flight in a Meteor jet aircraft, and Flight

Chaplain Joseph P Whitt of Alabama has his Mae West life jacket adjusted before going for a flight in a Meteor trainer aircraft at the Malta base of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF. Chaplain Whitt is with the U

The Governor of Malta, Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy, takes the salute from Squadron Leader Doug Hurdich of Sale, Vic as he leads a group of airmen from 78 Fighter Wing RAAF past the saluting base outside

The newly arrived Wing Operations Officer of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF, Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Doug Hurdich of Sale, Vic, briefs the Wing's three young sergeant pilots before they take off on an exercis

The newly arrived Wing Operations Officer of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF, Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Doug Hurdich of Sale, Vic, briefs the Wing's three young sergeant pilots before they take off on an exercis
