Air Marshal Sir Valston Eldridge Hancock, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force. He served as Chief of the Air Staff from 1961 to 1965. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Dun
Group Captain Val Hancock, 1942
Hancock competing in the high jump at an RAAF sports carnival in the early 1930s
Group Captains Hancock (centre) and Walters (second left), Air Commodore Hewitt (second right), and Chief of the Air Staff, AVM Jones (right), 1942
No. 100 Squadron Beauforts near Wewak, 1945
Air Vice-Marshal Joseph Eric Hewitt, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force. He joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1915, and transferred permanently to the Air Force in 1928. Hewitt
Air Commodore Hewitt, 1942
Seagull III of No. 101 Flight being hoisted aboard the seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross
Hewitt (right) with the USAAF's Major General Ennis Whitehead, New Guinea, 1943