013177LukisCobby1940, World War II photo

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 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.