| Accession Number | P07869.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | c 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 403754 Aircraftman, later Flying Officer (FO) Stephen Falcon Scott McCullagh ...
Description
Studio portrait of 403754 Aircraftman, later Flying Officer (FO) Stephen Falcon Scott McCullagh of Mosman, NSW. A clerk with AMP Society in Sydney before enlisting in March 1941, FO McCullagh trained as a navigator under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and was posted to 460 Squadron RAAF at RAF Breighton, England. FO McCullagh was listed as missing when his Lancaster, serial number ED391, radio call-sign UV-S (S-Sugar) failed to return from an operational sortie over Berlin on the night of 29/30 March 1943. Its was later determined that ED391 was shot down by a night fighter over Kloosterhaar, Holland, killing seven crew members including FO McCullagh, aged 28.