An informal portrait of 408541 Flying Officer (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)) John Desmond ...

Accession Number MEA1225
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Place made North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Daba
Date made c 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An informal portrait of 408541 Flying Officer (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)) John Desmond Wallis of Bayswater, Vic, a pilot with No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF. Flt Lt Wallis was killed in action in a flying battle over Belgium on 14 January 1945.