"Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945." A group of pilots of No. 249 Squadron RAF, which played a prominent part in the defence of Malta, at Ta Kali. Front row (left to right); Flying Officer H J S Beazley, Squadron Leader R A Barton (Commanding Officer), Flying Officer E F J Harrington and Pilot Officer P G Leggett: back row (left to right); Pilot Officers D A Tedford and G C C Palliser, Sergeant R Rist, Pilot Officer R H Matthews (killed in action, 22 December 1941), Sergeants A T Branch, D C Skeet-Smith (behind Branch) and J G Parker, Pilot Officer F C Hill, Sergeant D Owen and Flying Officer C C H Davis.