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