| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 078734 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Place made | Malaya: Kelantan, Kota Bharu |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Group portrait of officers of No 8 Squadron RAAF in front of one of the squadron's Lockheed ...
Description
Group portrait of officers of No 8 Squadron RAAF in front of one of the squadron's Lockheed Hudson aircraft on the edge of the aerodrome at Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaya. Identified in the back row, from left to right: Flying Officers Donald Charles Stumm (killed 3 October 1942 in a flying battle over the Solomon Islands); Clarence Haddon (Spud) Spurgeon; Claud Hippingstone Dodwell Browne; Garth Millett Snook; Sydney Noel Chesterman (killed 24 January 1942 in a flying battle over Malaya); Henry Archdale Robertson; Norman Edward Mackay; Geoffrey John Hitchcock; Ronald Widmer; Robert George Arnold (killed 18 January 1942 in a flying battle over Malaya); and James Harold Ryley Marshall. Identified in the middle row, from left to right: Flying Officers Gilbert Bryce Dart Roxburgh (killed in a flying battle over Timor); Russell Charles Walter Rayson; John Walter Robertson; Herbert Clarence Plenty; William James Hoddinott; Theodore Victor Benno Kleinig (killed 25 December 1943 in a flying battle over New Guinea); John Cyril Edmund Montefiore; James Patrick Ryan; R E Day; and James Bell. Identified in the front row, from left to right: Flight Lieutenants Wilfred Norman Lampe; Allen Kenneth Maynard; Donald Sowerbutts; Ian Arthur Ferguson; Andrew Dill Henderson; Wing Commander Frank Nesbitt Wright; Squadron Leader Peter Avison Parker; Flight Lieutenants Edwin Russell Bell; Cyril Clive Williams; George Sinclair Anderson; and Philip Guy Kippington Parry.