File:Flag, ensign (AM 1975.24-6).jpg

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Flag, ensign   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Flag, ensign
Object type cloth
object_type QS:P31,Q5849500
Description
English: RAF Ensign, WW2
Date 1975; (1939-1945); World War 2-wars; 1939-1945
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height: 914mm
length: 1830mm

notes: 6'0" x 3'0"
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1975.24
Place of creation United Kingdom
Notes

Royal Air Force Ensign that belonged to Sir Keith Park, MC, DFC, WW2 During WW1 New Zealander Keith Rodney Park saw service with the NZFA, the RFA, and as a fighter pilot with the RFC. Following the war he remained with the RAF and during WW2 was Commander of the RAF during the evacuation from Dunkirk and in charge of defending London and southern England from German bombing raids during the Battle of Britain. He was subsequently charged with the defence of Malta (1942), and finally was promoted to the post of Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, South East Asia.

Museum Tag: Rolling the flag
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