| Place | Europe: United Kingdom, England, Yorkshire, Leconfield |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | SUK11666 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Yorkshire, Leconfield |
| Date made | c December 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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c December 1943. Group portrait of crew members of No. 466 Squadron (apparently having a pre-war ...
Description
c December 1943. Group portrait of crew members of No. 466 Squadron (apparently having a pre-war view of their Christmas dinner) waiting to meet the boys who will return from the first big Australian Halifax raid against Frankfurt. Known to be in the photograph, possibly left to right: 403727 Pilot Officer (PO, later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) William Edmond Eagleton of Sydney, NSW; 414121 PO Leslie Dean Anderson of Toowoomba, Queensland (lost on operations over Germany on 29 January 1944); 408167 PO (later Flt Lt) Darrell William Cuthbert of Hobart, Tasmania; 412473 Flt Lt Wilfred Guy Baldwin of Bexley, NSW (lost on operations over Germany on 20 January 1944); 413530 PO (later Flying Officer [FO]) John Devenish Chapman of Balgowlah, NSW; 403718 Flt Lt Colin Osborne Chapman of Marrickville, NSW.