| Place | Europe: United Kingdom, England |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | UK2231 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Lincolnshire |
| Date made | 5 December 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Group portrait of 406731 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Horace William Radford DFC (later with bar) ...
Description
Group portrait of 406731 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Horace William Radford DFC (later with bar) from Mt Lawley, Western Australia, with his crew at No. 463 (Lancaster) Squadron RAAF. This crew completed a second tour of operations on heavy bomber aircraft. Their individual sorties total over 320. They crewed up for the second tour while instructing at the same Overseas Training Unit. Sqn Ldr Radford, who has done fifty seven operations, did his first tour in the North African campaign, operating from Algeria and Tunisia. Identified from left to right, back row: Pilot Officer (PO) W J Smith DFM, RAF; 412845 Flying Officer (FO) Jack Samuels from Cowra, NSW (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) and awarded DFC); 414236 FO Vernon Gordon Heath from Brisbane, Queensland (later awarded DFC); and 409583 FO William George Osmotherly from Albury, NSW (later awarded DFM). Front row, left to right: 421095 FO John Meiklejohn Stewart from Swansea, NSW (later Fl Lt and DFC); Sqn Ldr Radford; and 413309 PO Hamilton Irwin Howard DFM from Bega, NSW (later FO).