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FLTLT Stuart James Archbold 401336

Squadron/s451 SQN
Rank On Discharge/Death Flight Lieutenant (FLTLT)
Date of Birth14 Sep 1919
Contributing Author/sVince Conant, 2016
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ESTABEL LANDING GROUND, SYRIA, 1942. PILOT OFFICER S.J. ARCHBOLD CLIMBING INTO A HAWKER HURRICANE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO TAKING OFF ON AN OPPERATIONAL MISSION, 451 SQUADRON RAAF. (DONOR J.S. ARCHBOLD)
1943 PORTRAIT OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT S.J. ARCHBOLD, 451 SQUADRON RAAF, WEARING FLYING GEAR IN THE COCKPIT OF A HAWKER HURRICANE AIRCRAFT. (DONOR J.S ARCHBOLD)

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451 SQN

No. 451 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force was raised at Bankstown, on the outskirts of Sydney, on 12 February 1941. Formed under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme,...

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