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Accession Number | UK0489 |
Collection type | Photograph |
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Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1943-09-09. 419018 FLIGHT SERGEANT R. C. DUNSTAN, FRANKST0N, VIC, LEANING ...
Description
LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1943-09-09. 419018 FLIGHT SERGEANT R. C. DUNSTAN, FRANKST0N, VIC, LEANING AGAINST THE REAR TURRET OF "D2" FOR DONALD, A LANCASTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF OF BOMBER COMMAND BASED AT RAF STATION BINBROOK. IN THIS TURRET, AS TAIL GUNNER, HE HAS MADE TWENTY TWO TRIPS OVER ENEMY TERRITORY. HE IS THE ONLY ONE-LEGGED AIR GUNNER IN THE RAAF, HAVING LOST HIS LEG WHILE SERVING WITH THE AIF IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AFTER BEING INVALIDED OUT OF THE ARMY 1942-02, HE WAS BACK IN UNIFORM 1942-06.