Australian and American air crew and ground crew around the nose of a No 10 Squadron RAAF ...

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Accession Number MAL/65/0067/05
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Travers, Dereck B
Place made Philippines: Luzon, Manila
Date made 12 May 1965 or 16 May 1965
Conflict Period 1960-1969
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian and American air crew and ground crew around the nose of a No 10 Squadron RAAF Lockheed Neptune SP-2H (serial number A89 274) on the tarmac at US Naval Station Sangley Point, during the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) Exercise SEA HORSE in the South China Sea. Identified, left to right: Unidentified Operations Officer (OPSO); Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) James Francis (Jim) Hanigan, lead navigator (TACCO - tactical co-ordinator); Flying Officer (FO) John Sansum, co-pilot; FO Douglas Philip Hurst; FO Alan Stephens, navigator (behind Bartlett); Flt Lt Eric Bartlett, pilot, aircraft captain; Flt Sgt Peter Fairbrother, signaller; five unidentified ground crew on right.