Wing Commander G H Westlake Commanding Officer of No.1 Mobile Operations Room Unit photographed with a cask of Sicilian wine at Comiso. Westlake shot down nine enemy aircraft and shared in the destruction of two during his period as a fighter pilot with Nos 80 and 213 Squadrons RAF leading the latter unit in North Africa between August and October 1942. He then worked as a controller with Nos. 211 and 212 Groups in Tunisia before becoming 1 MORU for the invasions of Sicily and Italy. He later returned to operations commanding a unit of the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force then leading No. 239 Wing RAF in Italy until June 1945. He was responsible for the success of Operation BOWLER when on 26 March 1945 he led the wing on a very sensitive attack on shipping in the harbour of Venice.
