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LAC Leonard Conway 167591

Livingstone, NT. February 1943. Members of No. 457 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, Leading Aircraftman (LAC) L. Conway of Vic and LAC A. M. Gibson of Monto, Qld, working on the fuselage of an aircraft.
Squadron/s457 SQN
Rank On Discharge/Death Leading Aircraftsman (LAC)
NicknameConnie
Mustering / SpecialisationFlight Rigger
Contributing Author/sRon Lambert and Steve McGregor
Updated by Vince Conant June 2013
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Leonard "Connie" Conway served as a Flight Rigger with No. 457 Squadron RAAF. He was based at Livingstone in the Northern Territory, where the squadron defended Darwin as part of 1 Fighter Wing.



457 footy team (or perhaps hockey!) Livingstone 1943. 'Jungle Juice' author first on left back row, then Len Conway and Len Smith, Front row to R: Peter Walker, Graham Latham, Ken James, Hank Johnstone.

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457 SQN

457 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, was formed at Baginton, near Coventry, in England on 16 June 1941 in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Init...

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