Informal group photograph of members of 452 Squadron (Spitfire) RAAF c. December 1942. Identified ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number 044179
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
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 photograph of members of 452 Squadron (Spitfire) RAAF c. December 1942. Identified left to right: 400213 Flight Lieutenant (Fl Lt) K.W. Truscott DFC; Fl Lt B.E. ‘Paddy’ Finucane DFC; 402144 Squadron Leader R. E. Thorold-Smith, DFC (KIA). Thorold-Smith was killed in action during a flying battle in the Timor Sea, 15 March 1943.