Nidania, Arakan, Burma. 30 March 1945. RAAF pilots in No. 615 'Churchill's Own' (Spitfire) ...

Accession Number SEA0207A
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Nidania, Arakan, Burma. 30 March 1945. RAAF pilots in No. 615 'Churchill's Own' (Spitfire) Squadron RAF, operating on the Burma front, have adopted a young owl found in a tree outside the Sergeants' Mess. Left to right: 412579 Warrant Officer (WO) D. G. (Blue) Fletcher of Manly, NSW, and formerly of Parkes, NSW; 409957 WO Alf Payne of Hampton, Vic; 412782 Pilot Officer A. L. (Pud) Whiteman of Mosman, NSW, and formerly of Gunnedah, NSW.