| Place | Europe: United Kingdom, England, Lincolnshire, Waddington |
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| Accession Number | SUK14781 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Lincolnshire, Waddington |
| Date made | c 18 April 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Crew of 'Whoa Bessie' a Lancaster Bomber of No 463 Squadron RAAF of Bomber Command, return from a ...
Description
Crew of 'Whoa Bessie' a Lancaster Bomber of No 463 Squadron RAAF of Bomber Command, return from a raid over Germany. Members of this crew, comprising six Australians and an Englishman, also took part in the air attacks on and filming of the German battleship Tirpitz in 1944. Left to right: 410061 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Edwin John Holden of Melbourne, Vic; 20610 Flying Officer (FO) Robert William Board of Rose Bay, NSW; 402594 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Eric Heinrich Giersch of Henty, NSW; Sergeant W Sinclair, RAF, of Dundee, Scotland; 403418 FO John William Muddle (obscured, standing in doorway of aircraft); 420437 Flt Lt Bruce Alexander Buckham DFC of Sydney, NSW, Captain; 420973 Flt Sgt Lionel James Manning of Nelsons Bay, NSW. (See UK1213 for complete image).