| Place | Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Fenton, Fenton Airstrip |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | NWA0732 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white, Landscape |
| Physical description | Black & white, Landscape |
| Maker |
Department of Air |
| Place made | Australia: Northern Territory, Fenton |
| Date made | March 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
An informal group portrait of a crew from a Consolidated Liberator bomber of No. 21 Squadron RAAF ...
Description
An informal group portrait of a crew from a Consolidated Liberator bomber of No. 21 Squadron RAAF standing beside their aircraft. Left to right: back row: 443444 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) John Munro Waddell, Sydney NSW; 439612 Flt Sgt Leslie Raine of Sydney; 433632 Flt Sgt Keith Jowett White of Sydney; 30337 Flt Sgt Walter William Trevor Sayer of Launceston Tasmania; 401867 Warrant Officer (WO) Colin George Vickers of Melbourne Vic; 407825 Flying Officer (FO) Bernard Thomas Jordan of Adelaide SA and 255138 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Eric Valentine Ford of Melbourne. Front row: WO N. A. Drury of Melbourne (probably 409393 FO Arthur Nigel Drury); 431408 Flt Sgt Ian Faichnie of Melbourne; 424373 WO Alan Noel John Collins of Sydney and 406568 Flt Lt William Laing of Perth Western Australia. All of the above crew excepting Flt Sgts Sayer and Vickers and probably FO Drury were lost on operations over the Netherland West Indies on April 6 1945.