Group portrait of members of 158 Squadron RAF. Known to be included but positions unknown are: ...

Accession Number P07679.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made 1943-08-29
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 members of 158 Squadron RAF. Known to be included but positions unknown are: 418597 Sergeant (Sgt) Alan John Vickerman (died 10 September 1943 in an accident in England); Sgt C Robertson; 418511 Sgt Clem Walker; 422471 Sgt (later Pilot Officer) Lawrence Edward Faithorn (died 14 August 1944 on flying operations over France); 421935 Sgt Alex James Race; 418459 Sgt (later Flight Sergeant [Flt Sgt])Kenneth Stanley Nunn (died 11 April 1944 on flying operations over England); 418573 Sgt Noel John Ross; 418173 Sgt Geoffrey Lawrence Pratt; 418180 Sgt Peter Ross-Edwards; 115701 Sgt Brian Patrick O'Donoghue; Sgt R Pritchard; Sgt J Woods; 408388 Sgt (later Flt Sgt) Max Elwin Dickenson (lost on operations over the English Channel on 7 June 1944); 81158 Sgt Leslie Rossiter; 421972 Sgt Charles Alfred Haigh; Sgt W Martin; Sgt A Kennedy; Sgt W Thompson; Sgt J Harper; 422008 Sgt (later Flt Sgt) Maurice Edward Sadler (died 2 January 1944 on flying operations over North West Europe); Sgt F Green; 422238 Sgt Roy Leslie McCleary; Sgt W Randles; 418611 Sgt Stanley Gordon Wyatt; Sgt M Spiers; 70282 Sgt William Thomas Henry Easdown; 418555 Sgt Ian Hamilton Kenneth Nixon; 422529 Sgt (later Flight Sgt) Ronald David Anthony; 420141 Sgt Patrick Leslie Cashion (accidentally killed over the North Sea on 14 June 1943); Sgt J Moon; Sgt L Dowling; Sgt A McKean; Sgt C McKenzie; Sgt W Maddigan; Sgt W Freeman; 422512 Sgt (later Flt Sgt) Bruce Alfred Hands (died 7 June 1944 on flying operations over the English Channel); Sgt R Mills; Sgt W Green; Sgt J Hughes; Sgt W Lamond; Sgt W Quinlivan; Sgt C Bailey; Sgt L Smith; Sgt R Rogers; Sgt C Hornby; 426422 Sgt (later Flt Sgt) William Andrew McNamee (died 8 January 1945 on flying operations over the North Sea); 410726 Sgt Otto Ernest Rau; Sgt J McLaren; 422126 Sgt Reginald Francis Canavan (died 2 December 1942 in a flying accident over the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland); Sgt W O'Dea; 26615 Sgt Walter Roy Osmond; Sgt K Miller; Sgt J Cooper; 10629 Sgt John Laughlin Mair; Sgt C Waddington; Sgt D Cameron; 421990 Sgt (later Flt Sgt) Ronald Lanham (died 29 March 1944 on flying operations over Spain); Sgt B Mackay; Sgt D Smith; 422384 Sgt Ronald Robert Bernauer; 418456 Sgt Alan Harvey McDonald (died 22 September 1943 on flying operations over Germany); 421884 Sgt Leslie John Broad; 418460 Sgt (later Flt Sgt) Vivian Harold Pearsall (died 20 March 1944 on flying operations over the English Channel); 422464 Sgt (later Flt Sgt) Harold John Earl (died 7 June 1944 on flying operations over the English Channel). Instructors: Sgt Cavanagh; Sgt Bristoe; Corporal Thompson; Pilot Officer (PO) R Appleton; 422003 PO Robert Roy Nightingale; PO W Harris; Flying Officer (FO) Archer; PO K Davies; PO R Mayne; PO K Sutherland; Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Rigchter; Sgt Griffin; an unidentified Corporal; 436360 Sgt Murray Caunter Nottle; Sgt Cullen; 418495 Sgt Norman Joseph Goyen; 418608 Sgt Leslie Worsnop and Sgt F Cassidy.