The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of O13705 (404916) Warrant Officer (WO) Murray Arthur May, of Brisbane, Qld, during Wireless training in Canada, standing in front of a Menasco Moth aircraft. He enlisted on 6 December 1940. On 8 April 1942, whilst serving with 53 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command, based in Northcoates and equipped with Hudson Aircraft, PO May was ordered to reconnoitre as far as the Frisian Islands and attack any low level shipping. They were disabled with ack ack guns by a convoy of ships and crash landed in the sea just off the Island of Sylt. PO May and his Canadian Navigator, Dave Moran, were captured by the Germans and interned at Stalag VIIIb at Lamsdorf initially and then transferred to Stalag Luft III at Sagan, Poland.
Informal group portrait of flight crew of 53 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command. Identified, left to right: Dick Thornhill, RAF, English (pilot); O13705 (404916) Warrant Officer Murray Arthur May, RAAF, Au
Prisoners digging the tunnel at the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German prisoner of war camp in Sagan (Sagan bei Bres
A prisoner on a trolley going through the tunnel to the working face at Stalag Luft III in Sagan Germany. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German prisoner of war camp in Sagan (Sagan b
Australian prisoners of war using tunnel "Dick" for disposing earth and sand dug from the main tunnel at Stalag Luft III in Sagan Germany. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German priso
Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany, showing buildings in the camp and the guard tower on a hill beyond. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German prisoner of war camp in Sagan (Sagan bei
Informal portrait taken at No 9 Course Empire Air Training Scheme in Canada. Identified are: O13705 (404916) Warrant Officer (WO) Murray Arthur May, 53 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command, of Brisbane, Qld
