| Accession Number | P10335.008 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Outdoor group portrait of graduated pilots. Identified from left to right, back row: 406670 ...
Description
Outdoor group portrait of graduated pilots. Identified from left to right, back row: 406670 Alfred Neil Yeaman (killed on 4 June 1942 on operations in the United Kingdom); 406631(later A51675) Harry Taylor; 406663 Henry Martin Rutherford; 403496 Bruce Oliver Brown; 406698 George Andrew Pratt; 406606 Ronald Yates; 406625 Hugh Godfrey Phillips (accidentally killed on 4 August 1942 in South Australia); 406699 Herbert Kitchener Pugsley; and 406682 Bartlett Parker Shaddick, (later DFM and killed on 25 October 1942 on operations over The Netherlands).
Second row: 406566 Hugh Richard Howling; 406586 Michael Alfred West; 407978 George Brewster Sorrell; 406662 John Frederick Pettit (accidentally killed on 14 July 1943 while flying over St Vincent’s Gulf, South Australia); 406667 Kelvin John Strahan; 406668 Albert Payne Walters (later DFC); 403992 Thomas Rosman O’Leary; 06601 (later O57621) Geoffrey Maddern, (later AFC, DFM); 06552 George Battley Swift; 07980 Thomas William Wilton; and Aircraftman Cocker.
Front row: 407977 Hickson William Skinner (killed on 18 August 1943 on operations off the UK coast); 406666 Raymond John Storer; 406551 Patrick James Norriss; Sergeant Watts; Flight Lieutenant Kissey; 406676 Thomas Freeman Lalor; 406579 Frank Edward Parsons (killed on 27 August 1942 on operations over Germany); 406671 Arthur Curlewis Young (accidentally killed on 10 November 1944 at Evans Head, NSW); and 406570 Allan Kenneth Burt Messser (killed on 29 January 1943 on operations in the Middle East).