| Accession Number | P04439.007 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Canada: Ontario |
| Date made | January 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of RAAF airmen at a parade in which they were presented with their wings under the ...
Description
Group portrait of RAAF airmen at a parade in which they were presented with their wings under the Empire Air Training Scheme in Ontario. Identified, standing left to right: 408204 Pilot Officer (PO) Maxwell Tylney Cotton, DFC (lost on operations over the Channel Islands, United Kingdom on 15 June 1943); Jim Ferguson; 401775 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Frank Austin; Dave Waterhouse; 416280 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Allan Edgar Pearce (killed in an accident flying a Spitfire aircraft low over the English Channel on 11 February 1943); 401975 FO (later Flt Lt) Ross William Leeming; Corporal McCauley; Bill De Cosier (probably 405575 FO Matthew Henry Ivor De Cosier); Tom Anthony (probably O33089 Flt Lt Thomas Wilkinson Anthony, DFC); 416269 FO (later Flt Lt) Thomas Henry McGovern, DFC; Doug Hall. Kneeling, left to right: 405578 Sergeant Maurice Daniel Duggan (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 17 May 1942); 408172 FO (later Flt Lt) Richard Joseph Darcey (killed in an accident flying a Lockheed Lightening aircraft in the Pacific Admiralty Islands on 6 October 1944); 411432 FO (later Flt Lt) Reginald Horatio Nossiter.