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History—Cec Wright collection

CPL Cec Wright pictured in cockpit of A68-1 CAC CA-17 Mustang. C.1945.
1 APU RAAF, Laverton. VIC.

Day out shooting for stray cattle for meat up near Humpty Doo - 2 steers 3 kangaroos. Cec Wright is 3rd from right. Dec 1943. 1 PR Unit, RAAF. Loc: Coomalie Creek, NT.

Airmens dinner Christmas 1943. 1 PR Unit, RAAF. Loc: Coomalie Creek, NT.

Insert surrounding runway A/C A55-1. RAAF photo GX648, 1 PR Unit. 19 Jan 1944. Taken some days after Lockheed Lightning A55-1 was damaged 10th Jan. Coomalie Creek, NT. (Photo taken from upper insert showing grade in taxiway and cross fall away from insert). 1 PR Unit, RAAF. Loc: Coomalie Creek, NT.

Darwin cemetery near Botanical Gardens. Cec is third from right. One of the regular and various welfare activites organised by the unit. 1 PR Unit RAAF. 1944.  Loc: Darwin, NT.

Harry Taylor and me (Cec Wright) at our tent. 1 PR Unit RAAF. 1944. Loc: Coomalie Creek, NT.

Group portrait of 1 PR Unit air, ground and photographic crew. In the front row are some of the first aircrew to fly Mosquitoes operationally over Japanese territory in SW pacific. L to R: FO Roget, unknown, unknown, FO Garrett, SL Bonython , SL Hermes, FLt Proctor, FO Phillips, unknown, FO Love. (courtesy D. Vincent) The other rows comprise groundstaff. CPL Cec Wright is 3rd from left in second row. 1 PR Unit RAAF, C.Aug 1944. Loc: Coomalie Creek NT.

WW2 Service record Certificate of Service, WW2, for Cpl Cecil Harry Wright.

"Darwin Botanical Gardens, taken with different camera". LAC Cec Wright is 2nd from left. The trip to Darwin was one of various welfare activites organised by the unit. 1 PR Unit RAAF. 1944.

Workshop at Coomalie Creek, NT. Located in a corrugated iron hut commonly known as a Sidney Williams building. Of note is the armoury section at the back as well as the drop tank and flaps in the ceiling. 1 PR Unit RAAF. 1944.