Group portrait of an air crew from 166 Squadron RAF, 'minus the Flight Engineer'. Identified left ...

Accession Number P03467.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made January 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 an air crew from 166 Squadron RAF, 'minus the Flight Engineer'. Identified left to right: Ron Bailey, mid upper gunner, from London, aged 26; 410649 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Max Harvey Foster, RAAF, navigator, from Hawthorn, Vic, aged 20; Stan Gardiner, wireless operator, from London, aged 22; 'Blue' Campbell, bomb aimer, from Scotland, aged 20; Des Dennehey, tail gunner, from Ireland aged 19; 420817 Pilot Officer (PO) Roy Albert Kingston, RAAF, pilot, from Randwick, NSW, aged 21. Flt Sgt Foster and PO Kingston were killed on 20 February 1944 during a flying battle over Germany.