Photographs relating to Tim Anderson of 460 Squadron and Captain W. Hay

Accession Number P00016.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made c 1917
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of Flying Corps trainees and pilots posed in front of an Avro 504 aircraft. Identified is Charles William Hay, fifth from right, front row. Lieutenant (Lt) Charles William Hay, AFC, of Lady Bay, Tasmania. An mechanical engineer prior to enlistment on 11 January 1915, Hay served with the Australian Army Service Corps in France until transferring to the Australian Flying Corps on 30 April 1917. Following training in England, Hay graduated as Flying Officer in November of that year and was promoted to Lieutenant in February 1918. At the age of 32, Lt Hay was killed when his Sopwith Camel (B. 7461) crashed into the sea off the coast of Montrose, Scotland on 8 April 1918.