An informal group portrait of Tasmanians of 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), standing ...

Accession Number B02177
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Australian Flying Corps
Place made Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made c 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An informal group portrait of Tasmanians of 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), standing in front of one of the Squadron's Bristol F2B biplane fighter aircraft. Left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) W.H. Fysh, Observer (later DFC); Lt O.M. Lee MC, Observer; Captain S.W. Addison, Flight Commander and Pilot, later commanded No 1 Squadron (later OBE); Lt J H Butler, Pilot; Lt G C Peters, Pilot (later DFC); Lt A R Brown, Pilot (later DFC) and Lt Eustace S Headlam, Observer.