| Place | North & Central America: Canada |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P01993.016 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white, Landscape |
| Physical description | Black & white, Landscape |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Edmonton, Canada. 1941. Group portrait of members of an Air Observers Course, Empire Air Training ...
Description
Edmonton, Canada. 1941. Group portrait of members of an Air Observers Course, Empire Air Training Scheme. Left to right, back row: Colin C. Cooper, 411783 Flying Officer (FO) Guy B. Herring, No. 100 Squadron (Sqn) RAF (killed in action (KIA) 20 April 1943, over the North Sea in a flying battle), J. Harris, 411739 Pilot Officer (PO) Wilfred G. Burrows, No. 12 Sqn RAF (KIA 18 January 1943, in a flying battle over North West Europe), 412217 Sergeant (Sgt) Harold T. Waddell, No. 44 Sqn RAF (KIA 8 February 1943, in a flying battle off France), J. G. Turnbull, T. J. J. Cunliffe, 411748 FO Robert Maxwell Bryant, No. 156 Sqn RAF (KIA 11 June 1943, in a flying battle over Holland). Middle row: 401848 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Colin McDowell Miller, No. 12 Sqn RAF (KIA 18 January 1943, in a flying battle over Germany), Don Charlwood RAAF, E. Freeman, 412053 FO Ronald Wheatley, No. 35 Sqn RAF (KIA 15 April 1943, in a flying battle over Germany), possibly 411475 Sergeant (Sgt) Rupert Theodore Bannister (accidentally killed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 1942), possibly 406406 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) George Joseph O'Sullivan (accidentally killed at Wagga Wagga New South Wales on 11 May 1944), 405310 Flt Sgt Ian V. Heatley, No. 12 Sqn RAF (KIA 3 March 1943, in a flying battle over Germany), 412160 Flight Lieutenant George B. Loder, No. 156 Sqn RAF, awarded the Distinguised Flying Cross (DFC) for skill and fortitude against the emeny (KIA 20 December 1943, in a flying battle over Germany), R. Pender. Front row: O. B. Lloyd, 405381 FO Thomas H. McNeill, No. 460 Sqn (KIA 30 March 1943, in a flying battle over Holland), H. J. Wright, H. J. Barker, 411479 FO John S. Braithwaite, No. 463 Sqn (KIA 25 April 1944, in a flying battle over Germany), 411562 Flt Sgt Keith R. Webber, No. 103 Sqn RAF (KIA 21 January 1943, in a flying battle over Holland), 412218 FO John I. Gordon, No. 617 Sqn RAF, he was awarded the DFC for skill and fortitude in operations against the enemy (killed on 13 February 1944, in the United Kingdom), 411121 PO William R. K. Charlton, No. 460 Sqn (KIA 17 April 1943, in a flying battle over Germany).