Informal group portrait of three pilots of No. 3 Squadron RAAF engaged in operations over the ...

Accession Number 005268
Collection type Photograph
Object type 3x4", Nitrate, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 3x4", Nitrate, Silver Gelatin
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Date made 9 December 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal group portrait of three pilots of No. 3 Squadron RAAF engaged in operations over the Western Desert. Identified from left to right: 270526 Engineering Officer Lex D'arcy Winten of Brisbane, Queensland; O34059 Flight Lieutenant Gordon Henry Steege of North Sydney, NSW (later Air Commodore); and 272 Flying Officer Arthur Alan Gatward of Wahroonga, NSW (killed on flying operations over the Middle East on 19 February 1941).