Accession Number | P07868.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
Date made | 27 March 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 415247 Flight Lieutenant (Fl Lt) (Pilot) Richard Gerard Godfrey, RAAF, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 415247 Flight Lieutenant (Fl Lt) (Pilot) Richard Gerard Godfrey, RAAF, of Western Australia. Flt Lt Godfrey enlisted on 17 August 1941. On 8 June 1944 he was killed whilst serving with 622 Squadron RAF on operations over France. He was aged 21. Flt Lt Godfrey is wearing the ribbon of the 1939-1945 Star, the ribbon being issued from 1943 onwards.