| Accession Number | P05590.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 413435 Warrant Officer (later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt)) Francis John (Frank) ...
Description
Studio portrait of 413435 Warrant Officer (later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt)) Francis John (Frank) Seery, of Sydney, NSW, 460 Squadron, RAAF. He was a member of the crew of JB 607, L for Leader, a Lancaster aircraft of 460 Squadron, RAAF, Bomber Command, based at RAF Station Binbrook. The crew was made up of half Scottish and half Australian personnel. The aircraft crashed on the 29 December 1943 over Kerkrade in the Netherlands and all crew except Flt Sgt Seery were killed. The aircraft took off for a raid on Berlin, and was attacked on their return flight by a night fighter over Aachen, Germany, and it crashed in nearby Kerkrade in the courtyard of the monastery of the friars of Sint Franciscus in Kerkrade-Bleijerheide. Flt Sgt Seery spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war at Stalag IV d near Torgau by the Elbe River.