| Accession Number | P05036.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Sydney Morning Herald And The Home |
| Place made | At sea |
| Date made | c December 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal group portrait of RAAF personal sitting on the yard of their transport ship. Identified ...
Description
Informal group portrait of RAAF personal sitting on the yard of their transport ship. Identified far right is (later) 404495 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) William (Bill) Oswald Cable, RAAF. Flt Lt Cable enlisted on 16 February 1915 in Brisbane, and shortly after sailed to Eritrea, Africa. After pilot training he spent two years on the Egyptian front, after which he was attached to 203 Wing where he was the first test pilot of a Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk. On 22 February 1946 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for having held off four Messerschmitt BF 109F fighter aircraft for twenty minutes, during which he was wounded in the arm and leg, resulting in three weeks hospitalisation in Cairo. He returned to Australia in June 1944 and was discharged on 16 January 1946, having completed 154 operational sorties and a total of 1007 hours flying time.