P01270.005 Accession Number: P01270.005

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COTTESMORE, ENGLAND, 1941. THREE RAAF EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME (EATS) GRADUATES OF NO. 9 WIRELESS AIR GUNNERS COURSE OUTSIDE LORD CECIL'S COUNTRY HOME "STOCKEN HALL" WHERE THEY WERE BILLETED WHILST AT NO. 14 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT. LEFT TO RIGHT: SERGEANT (SGT) J. W. (JUNGLE) LINDSAY, SGT NEIL M. HARDY AND SGT J. D. (JUDY) GARLAND. SGT LINDSAY AND SGT HARDY WERE IN THE SAME NO. 50 SQUADRON RAF CREW AND WERE BOTH KILLED WHEN THEIR AIRCRAFT WAS LOST ON 1942-06-26. SGT GARLAND ALSO FLYING WITH NO. 50 SQUADRON WAS SHOT DOWN ON A RAID TO KASSEL IN 1942-08 AND BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR.

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Accession Number
P01270.005
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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