Informal group portrait of aircrew members taken at South Cerney? on the day they were posted. ...

Accession Number P07864.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Gloucestershire, South Cerney
Date made 6 April 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal group portrait of aircrew members taken at South Cerney? on the day they were posted. Identified in this group are: 414027 Arthur William Heap RAAF; 32274 Clive Alexander (Alec) Pickup RAAF; 'Knobby' Clark RAF; 412853 Jack Smithers RAAF; 413032 Robert James Ratcliffe RAAF; 413357 Allan John Davey RAAF; 409383 Donald Frank Constable DFC, RAAF; 413049 Alfred Newton Vidler RAAF; 413452 Stanley George Townsend DFM, RAAF; and 'Darkie' Davis. Positions within the group unknown. Of the men pictured, whose full identity is known, only Pilot Officer Townsend was to survive the war.