Group portrait of members of the RAAF in an RAF Wellington Squadron, operating from a base in ...

Place Middle East
Accession Number MEC2687
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Place made Italy
Date made April 1944
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 members of the RAAF in an RAF Wellington Squadron, operating from a base in Italy. Left to right, back row: Sergeant (Sgt) H D Ballantyne of SA; Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) R J Jones of NSW, possibly 439996 Flt Sgt Raymond John Mountford Jones; Flt Sgt J A Ashwell of Sydney, probably 413938 Flying Officer (FO) John Arnold Ashwell; FO L J Clarke of SA, possibly 412948 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Lindsay James Clarke; Flt Sgt C J Hill of Melbourne. Middle row: FO(?) K Todd of NSW; Flt Sgt C J Sharman of Melbourne; Flt Sgt J L Pennyfather of Melbourne; Flt Sgt E A Alcorn of NSW, possibly 6963 Flt Sgt Ernest Leonard Alcorn; Warrant Officer (WO) F E James of WA, probably 406870 WO Fred Edmond James (lost on operations over Hungary on 16 April 1944); Flt Sgt D A Sharpe of Victoria. Front row: Flt Sgt D Orr of NSW, possibly 420494 Donald Campbell Orr; Flt Sgt W C Morton of Brisbane, probably 414499 FO Walter Cameron Morton; 414577 FO Robert John Leftwich of Brisbane; 413345 WO Ronald Vivian Carson of NSW; 434208 WO Brian Thomas Halligan of Brisbane.