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Photograph MALTA0770 Period 1950-1959Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Derek Dempster (wearing straw hat) chats with Squadron Leader L M Casson, Commanding Officer of 616 South Yorkshire Squadron RAF at the Malta base of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF.

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Informal portrait of Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Derek Dempster of 616 South Yorkshire Auxiliary Squadron RAF. The Squadron is spending a fortnight flying from the Malta base of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF. In civilian life Flt Lt Dempster is the aeronautical correspondent of the Daily Express, London. The straw hat is an essential in the hot Maltese summer.
Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Derek Dempster (wearing straw hat) chats with Squadron Leader L M Casson, Commanding Officer of 616 South Yorkshire Squadron RAF at the Malta base of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF.

Ground staff of 616 South Yorkshire Auxiliary Squadron RAF, most of them civilians, load the guns of a Meteor fighter aircraft before a gunnery trip. The Squadron is spending a fortnight with 78 Fig

Portrait of Squadron Leader L M Casson, Commanding Officer of 616 South Yorkshire Auxiliary Squadron, RAF, in his flying gear. The Squadron was one of many that spent fortnightly periods throughout s

Portrait of Squadron Leader L M Casson, Commanding Officer of 616 South Yorkshire Auxiliary Squadron, RAF, in his flying gear. The Squadron was one of many that spent fortnightly periods throughout s

A Meteor F.8 aircraft of 616 South Yorkshire Auxiliary Squadron RAF on the tarmac at the Malta base of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF. The Wing was stationed in Malta for garrison duty.

Four unidentified part time ground staff members ('erks') from 616 South Yorkshire Squadron RAF pose with one of their Meteor fighter aircraft at the Malta airstrip of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF. Ground st
