Group portrait of some Australian and New Zealand pilots who trained in Canada before arriving in ...

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Accession Number SUK15126
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made 23-26 April 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of some Australian and New Zealand pilots who trained in Canada before arriving in England. Many hundreds of Dominion airmen from Australia, New Zealand and Canada have been trained under the Empire Air Training Scheme. Identified are: 402231 Flight Lieutenant John 'Jack' Donald, No 452 (Spitfire) Squadron, RAAF, of Sydney, NSW (extreme left); 400219 Warrant Officer (WO) Allen Lindsay Bull, No 41 (Spitfire) Squadron, RAAF, of Bairnsdale, Vic (second row, first on left); 402292 Flight Sergeant George Frederick Inkster, No 64 (Spitfire) Squadron (later No. 76 Squadron) RAAF, of Sydney, NSW (to right and behind officer in centre with peaked cap, head to side) Lost on operations over New Guinea on 11 August 1942; and 402220 WO William Aubrey 'Bill' Brew, No 41 Squadron, RAF, of Sydney, NSW (back row, extreme right).