UK2399 Accession Number: UK2399

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Southern England. 1945-01-04. 406336 Flying Officer (later Flight Lieutenant) Cecil Gloster Walker (lost on operations over the United Kingdom on 06 March 1945), Southern Cross, WA, RAAF; Flight Lieutenant C. G. Robertson DFC, of Claremont, WA, RAF; Flight Sergeant W. Shaw, of Pelton, England, RAF in the back of the Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft No. 277 (Air Sea Rescue) Squadron RAF in which they recently rescued an American Mustang pilot from the Channel, near Dunkirk.

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Accession Number
UK2399
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
4 January 1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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