BRIZE NORTON, ENGLAND. 1943-10-07. OUTSIDE THE SERGEANTS' MESS AT THE RAF STATION AT WHICH A ...

BRIZE NORTON, ENGLAND. 1943-10-07. OUTSIDE THE SERGEANTS' MESS AT THE RAF STATION AT WHICH A HEAVY GLIDER CONVERSION UNIT IS BASED. ON THE RIGHT IS 411342 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT H. C. LONG, SYDNEY, NSW, RAAF LIAISON OFFICER, CHATTING WITH FOUR OF THE INSTRUCTORS. LEFT TO RIGHT: 416610 FLIGHT SERGEANT (F SGT) N. PFEIFFER, WOODSIDE, SA; 420128 F SGT R. V. BAKER, ARMIDALE, NSW; 413154 F SGT (LATER FLIGHT LIEUTENANT) FRANCIS LESLIE CONN, KEMPSEY NSW, (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER GERMANY ON 1 FEBRUARY 1945); 413075 F SGT (LATER FLYING OFFICER) LIONEL JAMES COLGAN, NEWCASTLE NSW (LOST ON OPERATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS ON 27 NOVEMBER 1944). IT WAS AT THIS UNIT THAT THE ARMY GLIDER PILOTS WHO GUIDED THE FIRST GLIDERS TO LAND IN SICILY WERE TRAINED.