General Sir William Riddell Birdwood donning a leather coat prior to his flight from ...

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Accession Number D00429
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original negative other
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Gloucestershire, Minchinhampton
Date made March 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

General Sir William Riddell Birdwood donning a leather coat prior to his flight from Minchinhampton to Leighterton, two Australian aerodromes in England. Standing in front of a camouflaged canvas hangar, left to right: Major Roy Cecil Phillipps MC DFC, 6th Training Squadron; General Birdwood; Major R. S. Brown, 5th Training Squadron. (See D00426; D00432; D00438).