Image from the Bryan Young personal collection.
Bryan Young's information supplied "August 1943. Self, Bryan Young showing his nervousness on instant readiness at the end of the runway of Te Kali [sic] on Malta while serving a short while with 154 Squadron. A tiresome and nerve wracking duty hated by most pilots."
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
RAAF pilot Paul Brennan (left) with New Zealander Ray Hesselyn (right) at RAF Station Ta Kali, Malta.
This was published in Houlton's autobiography 'Spitfire Strikes. A New Zealand Fighter Pilot's Story', published 1985 by John Murray Ltd. London.