Informal portrait of 422388 Leading Aircraftman (later Flying Officer, 576 Squadron RAF) Geoffrey ...

Accession Number P08628.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made 1 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 portrait of 422388 Leading Aircraftman (later Flying Officer, 576 Squadron RAF) Geoffrey Livingstone Blackmore, left, and a fellow Leading Aircraftman identified only as 'Ken'. Flying Officer Blackmore was the Flight Officer of Lancaster DY342 which was shot down during a bombing raid on Berlin on the night of 16 December 1943. FO Blackmore and the six other crew members on board were killed. FO Blackmore was 21 years of age.