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MOUNT BATTEN, ENGLAND. TWO MEMBERS OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, LAC ALLEN PETHERWICK (LEFT) AND LAC BASIL THORNTON, ON THE WING OF A SUNDERLAND. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON.)
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
INTERIOR VIEW OF A 10 SQUADRON RAAF SUNDERLAND SHOWING AIR GUNNERS AT THEIR STATIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE CREW RESTING IN THEIR QUARTERS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL: TOP L/R LAC BASIL THORNTON, LOWER R/H LAC
MOUNT BATTEN, ENGLAND. LAC BASIL THORNTON HOLDING A 7.7MM MACHINE GUN HE HAD RECOVERED FROM A CRASHED GERMAN HEINKEL AIRCRAFT. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON.)
MOUNT BATTEN, ENGLAND. 1942-07-15. LAC BASIL THORNTON BESIDE AN UNEXPLODED GERMAN BOMB WHICH HE HELPED RECOVER FROM UNDER THE SERGEANT'S MESS. (DONATED BY MR B. THORNTON).
Leading Aircraftman Basil Thornton, a fitter armourer, acting as side gunner in a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF based at RAF Station Mount Batten.
MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, 1942. A MK2 SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, W3983 RB-R, ALIGHTING ON PLYMOUTH SOUND. (LENT BY MR. J.W. LEACH)
Plymouth, England. C. 1940-03. Members of Australian crew playing cards in a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Mount Batten. Left to right: 467 Corporal (Cpl) A. H. Steele; 20
