Studio portrait of 402355 Pilot Officer (PO) John Read Horn RAAF, 405 Squadron RCAF. PO Horn ...

Accession Number P11392.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Polyfoto
Place made United Kingdom
Date made 1940-1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 402355 Pilot Officer (PO) John Read Horn RAAF, 405 Squadron RCAF. PO Horn enlisted for service in the RAAF on 19 August 1940 and, after completing his initial training, was attached to 405 Squadron RCAF. He was killed on operations over Germany on 2 August 1941, aged 24 years.