SUK10163 Accession Number: SUK10163

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Group portrait of the crew of Wellington aircraft "R for Robert" of No. 458 Squadron RAAF based at RAF station Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Left to right, 402040 Sergeant (Sgt, later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) Carlyle Raymond Ricketts, rear gunner;402788 Sgt (later Flt Lt) Graeme Frank Coombes, second Pilot; 400351 Sgt Kenneth Stewart McDonald, Wireless Operator; Flight Sergeant W.N. Cameron, RAF Captain; Sgt F. Bird, RAF Observer. Not in the photograph but part of the crew is 404207 Sgt George William Sergio Crompton, front Gunner. Sgts McDonald and Crompton were both lost on operations in the Middle East; McDonald while a Prisoner of War (17 August 1942) and Crompton in combat on 30 July 1942.

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Accession Number
SUK10163
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
February 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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