Group portrait of RAF officers of 1651 Conversion Unit, taken while attending No. 33 Course, at ...

Accession Number P04989.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made United Kingdom: England, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge
Date made 24 August 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

Group portrait of RAF officers of 1651 Conversion Unit, taken while attending No. 33 Course, at Waterbeach, Cambridge. Identified, back row: tenth from left, 436915 Warrant Officer Donald Gordon Stredwick (Doug) Hollamby, of Perth, WA. Second row: fourth from left, 415531 Flight Sergeant Leonard William (Bill) Heason, of Perth, WA; seventh from left, 415264 Pilot Officer William James Morcombe, who was later killed in action in a flying operation over France, on 18 November 1943, while attached to 662 Squadron, RAAF. Third row: 415247 Flight Lieutenant Richard Gerard (Dick) Godfrey, of Perth, WA, who was later killed in action in a flying operation over France, on 18 November 1943, while attached to 662 Squadron, RAAF; Joe Ussher; 48471 Corporal Jack Roland Armstrong, of Parkside, SA. Seventh from left is Dave Blain; and navigator, Don Brown. Sitting in front row, second from left is 415279 Pilot Officer Ross McCulloch Simpson, of Perth, WA, who was later killed in action in a flying operation over Germany, on 18 November 1943, while attached to 90 Squadron, RAAF.

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