| Places | |
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| Accession Number | UK1421 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Keevil |
| Date made | 4 June 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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RAAF AND BRITISH ARMY AIRCREW AT AN ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY AIR FORCE GLIDER TOWING SQUADRON IN ...
Description
RAAF AND BRITISH ARMY AIRCREW AT AN ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY AIR FORCE GLIDER TOWING SQUADRON IN FRONT OF A HORSA GLIDER AIRCRAFT, BEFORE THE ALLIED ARMIES LANDED IN NORMANDY ON D-DAY. LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW, KNEELING: 422649 FLIGHT SERGEANT (F SGT) R. W. MANN, SYDNEY, NSW; 410067 WARRANT OFFICER (WO) HUGH JOSEPH KILDAY, YARRAGON, VIC (KILLED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN NORWAY ON 10 MAY 1945); 415263 PILOT OFFICER (PO) R. MINCHIN, PERTH, WA. STANDING: 422411 F SGT CLARENCE CAMPBELL, BERRY, NSW, (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER NORTH WEST EUROPE ON 31 MARCH 1945); SERGEANT (SGT) J. POWELL, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, BRITISH ARMY GLIDER PILOT; 410071 PO W. L. MARSHALL, MELBOURNE, VIC; 415352 WO G. R. OLIVER, PERTH, WA; SGT T. AUTY, LEEDS, ENGLAND, BRITISH ARMY GLIDER PILOT; 409924 PO L. J. G. JAMES, MELBOURNE, VIC. SITTING IN GLIDER DOORWAY: 410985 F SGT HENRY HOYSTED, DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, WANGARATTA, VIC; 420689 PO C. E. LIGHT, SYDNEY, NSW. STANDING IN DOORWAY: STAFF SERGEANT SAMPSON, BRIGHTON, ENGLAND, BRITISH ARMY GLIDER PILOT.