GROUP PORTRAIT OF CAPTAINS OF AIRCRAFT OF SQUADRON LEADER J. P. RYLAND'S `A' FLIGHT, NO. 2 ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Laverton
Accession Number P00946.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type 4x5", Polyester, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 4x5", Polyester, Silver Gelatin
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Laverton
Date made October 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

GROUP PORTRAIT OF CAPTAINS OF AIRCRAFT OF SQUADRON LEADER J. P. RYLAND'S `A' FLIGHT, NO. 2 SQUADRON, RAAF, IN FRONT OF A LOCKHEED HUDSON AIRCRAFT. LEFT TO RIGHT: FLYING OFFICER (FO) ROBERT LAW-SMITH (LATER SIR ROBERT), ?, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) J. P. RYLAND (LATER GROUP CAPTAIN, CBE DFC), FO PETER GORRIE (KILLED ON OPERATIONS FROM AMBON 1942-01), FLT LT JIM HARPER (ISO AFC), 260624 FO WILLIAM VYNER DUCKETT WHITE (LATER DFC, EXECUTED BY THE JAPANESE AT AMBON 1942-02). (DONOR A. WHITE)