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File:013177LukisCobby1940.jpg

013177LukisCobby1940.jpg ‎(627 × 478 pixels, file size: 178 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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English: AWM caption: "1940-09-04. Left to right : Lukis is retiring from A.O.C., N.E.A., Cobby is succeeding him. Cobby is famous for having shot down 33 enemy planes and 13 balloons in the last war. Townsville. (Negative by Anderson)."
N.B. Given date is incorrect according to Australia in the War of 1939–1945: Royal Australian Air Force 1939–1942, p.588 which states that Lukis handed over to Cobby on 25 August 1942.
Date AWM date: 4 September 1940 (? - see Description)
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This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number:
013177
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This image is protected by Crown Copyright because it is owned by the Australian Government or that of the states or territories, and is in the public domain because it was created or published prior to 1974 and the copyright has therefore expired. The government of Australia has declared that the expiration of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide. This has been confirmed by correspondence received by the Volunteer Response Team (Ticket:2017062010010417).

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current15:13, 6 September 2019Thumbnail for version as of 15:13, 6 September 2019627 × 478 (178 KB)HohumReworked, more tone, without colour change or oversharpening.
23:56, 16 June 2019Thumbnail for version as of 23:56, 16 June 2019618 × 464 (196 KB)David Levyenhanced
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06:13, 19 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 06:13, 19 February 2009414 × 314 (39 KB)Ian Rose{{Information |Description={{en|1=AWM caption: "1940-09-04. Left to right - Group Captain W. Garing, D.F.C., Air Commodore F.W.F. Lukis, O.B.E., Group Captain A.H. Cobby, D.S.O., D.F.C. and two bars. LUKIS is retiring from A.O.C., N.E.A., Cobby is succeed

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