LONGTOWN, ENGLAND, C. 1944. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF NO. 518 METEOROLOGICAL SQUADRON ROYAL ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number P01181.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LONGTOWN, ENGLAND, C. 1944. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF NO. 518 METEOROLOGICAL SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE, TAKEN AT LONGTOWN 1674 HEAVY CONVERSION UNIT (HCU) NEAR CARLISLE. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: LLOYD WINTERS (CANADIAN WIRELESS OPERATOR), L. LAMBERT (SENIOR WIRELESS OPERATOR/AIR), EDDU RUDD (CANADIAN, NOT A MEMBER OF 518); FRONT ROW: ALAN PIREE (AIR NAVIGATOR FROM NEWCASTLE ON TYNE, DIED AT SEA "FROM TIREE"), FRED GREEN (PILOT), BOB HUNT (CANADIAN, NOT A MEMBER OF 518), GEORGE HOARE (FROM LONDON). (DONOR L. LAMBERT)