| Accession Number | P07830.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Hand coloured studio portrait of 406576 of Flying Officer (FO) Arthur Frederick Richard Nash of ...
Description
Hand coloured studio portrait of 406576 of Flying Officer (FO) Arthur Frederick Richard Nash of Nedlands, WA. A power station operator before enlisting in the RAAF in February 1941, FO Nash trained as a pilot under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and was posted to 27 Operational Training Unit (27OTU) at RAF Lichfield, England. FO Nash was reported missing after his Wellington bomber, serial number DV552, radio-call sign UJ-N, failed to return from an operational sortie over Dusseldorf, Germany, on the night of 31 July/1 August 1942. It was later determined that UJ-N had been shot down by a German night fighter and crashed at Hulenburg, Belgium, killing all crew members including FO Nash, aged 27. Another portrait of FO Nash is held at P05288.004.