LEFT TO RIGHT ARE LEADING AIRCRAFTMEN (LAC) 401252 (LATER FLIGHT LIEUTENANT) JOHN HAROLD ...

Place North & Central America: Canada
Accession Number P00048.121
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Canada
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LEFT TO RIGHT ARE LEADING AIRCRAFTMEN (LAC) 401252 (LATER FLIGHT LIEUTENANT) JOHN HAROLD SMITHSON, 400895 (LATER WARRANT OFFICER) IAN HORACE SYDNEY WATSON AND 400221 (LATER SERGEANT) ALEXANDER NOEL GLANCY (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER THE MIDDLE EAST ON 17 JUNE, 1942). IN THE PHOTO, EACH OF THESE AIRMEN IS SHOWN JUST AFTER HAVING RECEIVED THEIR WINGS AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY, NO.2 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN UPLANDS, OTTAWA.