R.A.A.F. in Malta & Cyprus 1952

[CDF]

Vampire Jet fighters flying over the ship Asturias when arriving in Malta 1952

Lt. Hombert from France, Flying Officer Robert "Stormy" Fairweather from Fitzroy, Vic. and Major Ehliot of the French Air Force;

Flt. Lt. Rev. J. Payne from Lismore, N.S.W. with Lyall Klaffer from Adelaide standing next to a Meteor jet fighter

Tony Gillies from Punchbowl, N.S.W., P/O Reg Jones from Sydney, N.S.W, F/O Les Reading DFC from Perth, W.A., F/O Lyall Klaffer from Adelaide, S.A., Group Captain Brian Eaton DSO, DFC from Canterbury, Vic. and P/O Keith Meggs DFM from Preston, Vic. in Nicosia, Cyprus;

P/O Reg Jones from Sydney, N.S.W., Cpl. Tony Gillies of Punchbowl, N.S.W., P/O Keigh Meggs DFM from Preston, Vic., a Czech pilot; LAC Don Chinnery from Newcastle, N.S.W., LAC Pflugrath from Brisbane and LAC neville Johnson of Kogarah, N.S.W.

Chief Girl Guide from Malta Margo Benello with F/Lt. Rev. J. Payne from Lismore, N.S.W. at the graves of soldiers who perished during the Battle of Malta;

R.A.A.F. men outside St. Paul's Cathedral before the Battle of Britain Service

Pilot Officer Cecil Sly from Brisbane, Qld. and LAC Barry Seedsman from Ivanhoe, Vic. looking at posters outside the "Times of Malta" office

Squadron Leader Doug Hurdich with Vampire jet fighter pilots Sgts. Vern Pennefather from Launceston, Tas., Jake Jacobs from Warwick, Qld. and Barry Weymouth from Footscray, Vic

[newmanp]

Thank you CDF. your photo's are great. I worked with some of the fellows in the pictures. It seems so long ago, but it is only yesterday in the grand scale of things.
Regards and keep posting, I love it........
Smokey.......................