| Place | Europe: United Kingdom, Wales, Pembroke Dock |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | SUK11792A |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom: Wales, Pembroke Dock |
| Date made | c January - February 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of the officers of No. 461 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF at RAF Station, Pembroke ...
Description
Group portrait of the officers of No. 461 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF at RAF Station, Pembroke Dock, Wales. This photograph was taken just before command of the squadron was transferred from Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) Desmond Lloyd George Douglas DFC (later OBE) to Wg Cdr John Brook Hampshire DFC. A similar image is held at SUK11792.
Identified: back row, left to right: Paul Bird; Ron Morse; Ron Prentice; 5594 Owen Horsley Lewis; T Lowrey; 417788 Jeffery Phillip Bills; Jim Amiss; Roger Newton; 401562 R Hattam; P C Leigh; Richard (Dick) Lucas; Doug Hughes; unidentified; R Bennett; John Dobson; Ross Watts.
Middle row, left to right: unidentified; Don 'Darkie' Goode; E Willis; unidentified; Graeme Conning; F Peake; N Sheehan; unidentified; 429427 Flight Lieutenant Herbert Marshall 'Marsh' Godsal (lost on operations over the North Sea on 1 October 1944); Russ Catts; L F McInnes; 418211 Henry Hume Turnbull (killed over the North Sea on 1 October 1944); A W Crompton; Bruce Crools; Alan Davies; George Done; Peter T Jensen; Jim Sharpe; John Creighton.
Front row: B Higgins; Merv Pike; R Allardice; 416005 Paul Gotthelf Pfeiffer (killed in a flying accident 3 January 1945); Don Sinclair; J Nicholls; Arch G Richmond; 'Wonk' Kennedy; Harry Cooke, flight commander; John Hampshire, commanding officer; K McCaffery, adjutant; Vince McCauley; Roberts; William (Bill) Dunn; Alan Hanan; Jack Kennedy; Bruce Crooks; Bill Moffit; Frederick Melton; Derek 'Derry' Syme; Jack Sheehan.