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RAF STATION PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-06. AT SHORT SUNDERLAND NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF OF COASTAL COMMAND, MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF "M FOR MABEL" CLIMBING ABOARD THEIR AIRCRAFT. LEFT TO RIGHT: 412498 FLYING OFFICER C. J. DAWSON, GLEN INNES, NSW, 1ST PILOT (IN FLYING JACKET); FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) H. SMEDLEY, WIRELESS OPERATOR MECHANIC, RAF; 405105 FLT SGT JOHN GAMBLE, GYMPIE, QLD, WIRELESS AIR GUNNER AT BACK, (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER THE BAY OF BISCAY ON 30 AUGUST 1943); 402071 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) F. B. GASCOIGNE, EAST MALVERN, VIC, NAVIGATOR; 400297 FLT LT E. C. SMITH, THORPEDALE, VIC, CAPTAIN; 400411 PILOT OFFICER (PO) JAMES CHARLES GRAINGER, VIC, SECOND PILOT AT BACK, (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER THE UNITED KINGDOM ON 13 AUGUST 1943); 402319 PO E. R. CRITCHER, NSW, AIR GUNNER.
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