Saskatoon or MacLeod, Canada. 1939-1942. Group portrait of Empire Air Training Scheme trainees in ...

Place North & Central America: Canada
Accession Number P01902.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Saskatoon or MacLeod, Canada. 1939-1942. Group portrait of Empire Air Training Scheme trainees in front of Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft Avro Anson Mk1 6236. Inscription on verso reads: "J. Bewers, Julius Epstein, Eric Anderson, G. Armstrong, L. Cant...., E. K. J. Atkinson, Harkness, J. A. Caldwell, D. R. Keith, J. W. Fletcher, F. J. Duffett, Miles Holland, J. W. Hedley, K. W. Campbell, John H. Noble, Brice, A. G. Greenardley (?), R. Blok (?), C. L. Parker, A. J. McNeil, Polbowski SF.; Course 70 Bombers". Trainees are from the RAAF and the RAF. The only non trainee in the photo is an RAAF air observer. (Original housed in Australian War Memorial Archive Store)