MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C. 1944-04. GROUP PORTRAIT OF PILOTS OF NO. 79 ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands
Accession Number OG0919
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. C. 1944-04. GROUP PORTRAIT OF PILOTS OF NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, OUTSIDE THEIR ALERT HUT. SHOWN: BACK ROW: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MAX BRINSLEY DFC, GLENUNGA, SA; FLYING OFFICER (FO) BILL WRIGHT, SAMARAI, NEAR MILNE BAY; FO GEORGE VOGES, HAMILTON, VIC; FO FRANK BINNING, SYDNEY, NSW; PILOT OFFICER JACK CORDERY, LISMORE, NSW; FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) C. SCHMITZER, LISMORE, NSW; FO A. YATES, SHEFFIELD, UK; FLT SGT ANDY BYRNE, SYDNEY, NSW. FRONT ROW: SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) DOUG BEATTIE, SYDNEY, NSW; FO A. J. "CURLY" CLAYTON, CUNNAMULLA, QLD; FO IAN MCKELLAR, GUNNEDAH, NSW; SQN LDR MAX BOTT, SYDNEY, NSW; FO DICK LONG, MELBOURNE, VIC.