Group portrait of members of 462 Squadron RAAF who flew Halifax bombers as Counter Radar measures ...

Accession Number P03415.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Norfolk, Foulsham
Date made c 1945
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 462 Squadron RAAF who flew Halifax bombers as Counter Radar measures to perplex the German radars. Back Row: Left to right: 428018 Flying Officer (FO) Henry Robert Anderson; 418859 FO Noel Edward Marchant; 422040 FO William John Frazer; Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) J W O'Sullivan; 426118 FO Allan Morris Lodder; FO Bailey; Warrant officer G C Sharpe; 424925 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Bruce Anthony Simms; FO J Fleming. Middle Row: Left to right, Flt Lt 'Hank' Hancock; 418612 Flt Lt Edward (Ted) McGindle DFC; Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Col Jackson DFC; Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) Peter Paull DFC; 406394 Flt Lt Dudley Gilbert Highman; 402673 Sqn Ldr Lloyd George Scharer; Flt Lt 'Thrasher' Taylor. Front Row: Left to right, Flt Lt Bill Cookson; FO 'Jock' Boyd; 427182 Flying Officer (FO) Alfred Desmond John Ball (later killed whilst on operations to Germany on 10 April 1945); 05844 FO Leo Britt; Flt Lt D J Robertson.