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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 November 1958: "Air Marshal Sir Andrew McKee, the New Zealand-born Commander-in-Chief of Royal Air Force Transport Command, who is in the centre of this group, introduces one of the officers of his world-touring party to Group Captain D.F. St. George, the officer commanding the Ohakea station (left) and Air Vice Marshal M.F. Calder, the Chief of the Air Staff, on the arrival of the Comet at Ohakea yesterday afternoon. Next to Sir Anthony is Lady McKee."

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_014992
Title
"Greetings to Visiting Air Officers"
Relation
2017-20
Format
B&W negative
Held In
Other
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

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Creation

Created By
Place
Ohakea, Manawatu-Wanganui
Date
November 18, 1958

Object rights

Credit Line
Fairfax Media New Zealand

Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
air force,
black and white,
manawatu evening standard,
ohakea,
Community Tags
air force,
ohakea,
visiting dignitaries,

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