Group portrait of members of pilots and navigators of No 3 Course (Beaufighters) No 5 Operational ...

Accession Number	P01274.001
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker	Unknown
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Wagga Wagga
Date made	c 1943
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of members of pilots and navigators of No 3 Course (Beaufighters) No 5 Operational Training Unit RAAF (5OTU). Most later were posted to No. 30 Squadron RAAF. Left to right: back row: 406895 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Edgar Seymour Woolcott killed in action in New Guinea - 15 June 1943; 28902 Sergeant Robert Hasenohr killed in action in New Guinea - 19 June 1943; Flt Sgt Kenneth Delbridge; Warrant Officer (WO) B. L. Thomas; Sergeant (Sgt) McGrath (possibly 21572 Flt Sgt Basil William McGrath, accidentally killed in Darwin - 13 May 1943); C. D. Harris; Flying Officer (FO) George Dick; McCord; FO Douglas G. Raffen; 11321 Sergeant Robert Maxwell Allott killed in action in NewGuinea - 27 May 1943; middle row: Childs; FO Whyte; WO Powell; Sgt D. M. Miller; WO C. G. Hardman; PO G. Hunt; Flt Sgt Muggleton. Front row: FO K. G. Nicholson; 563 Flight Lieutenant Edward Dalkeith (Keith) Eddison killed in action in New Guinea - 27 May 1943; Wing Commander Colquhoun; Squadron Leader E Maurice Ball; FO Brannelly. Flt Sgt Woolcott; Sgts Hasenohr; McGrath; Allott and Flt Lt Eddison all subsequently died on operations.