RAF Station Leconfield, Yorkshire. C. 1943-06. Group portrait of Wing Commander R. E. Bailey DFC, ...

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Accession Number SUK11006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

RAF Station Leconfield, Yorkshire. C. 1943-06. Group portrait of Wing Commander R. E. Bailey DFC, an Australian serving with the RAF and now commanding an Australian squadron, No. 466 Squadron RAAF, with his crew and the squadron mascot "Prince". Left to right: Flying Officer (FO) Jeffrey, RAF, of Beaufort West, South Africa, ex-telephone engineer; FO Simons, RAF, of Sheffield, ex-furniture salesman; Wing Commander R. E. Bailey DFC, of Sydney, NSW, ex-Imperial Airways pilot; 408004 Flight Lieutenant A. L. Walker of Tas, ex-zinc worker; Flight Sergeant Reading, RAF, of Hull, ex-labourer.