| Place | Europe: United Kingdom, England, Devon, Plymouth, Mount Batten |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | SUK11776 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Devon, Plymouth |
| Date made | 23 February 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Group portrait of the crew of Q for Queenie, a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF in ...
Description
Group portrait of the crew of Q for Queenie, a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF in the UK, which was attacked by sixteen enemy aircraft. Front row, left to right: 407043 Flying Officer (FO, later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) Geoffrey Keith Ellerton, navigator; 418483 FO (later Flt Lt) William Boris Tilley, 2nd pilot; 409429 Flt Lt John McCulloch, captain; 424756 Pilot Officer (PO, later FO) George Hardy De Beauvoir Hammond, 3rd pilot; 412741 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt, later FO) Arthur Forbes Stephenson, 1st wireless operator/air gunner. Back row: 422066 Flt Sgt (later Warrant Officer [WO]) Geoffrey John Varcoe, 2nd wireless operator/air gunner; 45564 Sergeant (Sgt, later PO) William Roberts Carlsson, 1st flight engineer; 418251 Flt Sgt (later FO) Gerard Grey Casey, air gunner; 432307 Sgt (later WO) Beverley Dutton Crane, air gunner; 30035 Flt Sgt (later WO) William Thomas Clarke, 2nd flight engineer. PO Hammond was killed in aerial operations over the North Sea on 1 November, 1944 while serving with 455 squadron, RAAF