AWM caption : Townsville, Qld. 30 June 1942. Some new arrivals to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._76_Squadron_RAAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 76 Squadron RAAF">No. 76 Fighter Squadron RAAF</a>.<br><p>Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Peter Turnbull DFC, on the right, greets (from left) :
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<ul><li>Pilot Officer E. G. Tainton</li>
<li>Flight Lieutenant Clive N. Wawn DFC</li>
<li>Squadron Leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Truscott" class="extiw" title="en:Keith Truscott">K. W. Truscott</a> DFC and Bar.</li></ul>
The latter three were members of the famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._452_Squadron_RAAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 452 Squadron RAAF">No. 452 Australian Spitfire Squadron</a> in England during the Battle of Britain and after. Sqn Ldr Turnbull was one of the original pilots of an equally famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RAAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 3 Squadron RAAF">No. 3 Squadron</a> which fought through the Middle East.
Anderson, Alan Frederick
1942-06-30
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