Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua. July 1943. Group portrait of pilots of B ...

Accession Number P02874.027
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Robinson, William Herbert
Date made July 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua. July 1943. Group portrait of pilots of B Flight, with No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF Commanding Officer (CO) and the Wing Leader of No. 73 Wing, with the Operations Room and "standby" shelter behind them on Vivigani airfield. Back row, left to right: 410453 Sergeant (Sgt) R. W. (Bob) Bolton; 421830 Sgt C. J. (Clem) Schmitzer; 408843 Flying Officer (FO) R. K. (Bob) Hollow; 417398 Pilot Officer (PO) O. B. (Owen) Morgan; 408842 Sgt D. A. (Dudley) Grinlington; 411822 FO W. J. (Bill) Pickard; 403434 FO J. R. (Jim) Richards; 402719 FO A. H. (Peter) Birch; 408963 Sgt I. H. (Ian) Callister; 412215 Flight Sergeant P. F. (Philip) Turner (known as "Lew"). Front row: 408366 Sgt G. R. (George) Gilbert; 565 Wing Commander W. S. (Wilfred) Arthur DSO DFC, No. 73 Wing Leader; 386 Squadron Leader A. C. (Alan) Rawlinson DFC & Bar, CO No. 79 Squadron RAAF; 260779 Flight Lieutenant M. S. (Max) Bott, Flight Commander B Flight; 421881 PO William Robert (Frank) Binning, accidentally killed in Victoria, Australia on 16 January 1945.

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