SUK10223 Accession Number: SUK10223

Description

Outdoor group portrait of pilots of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England operating with Coastal Command in the Battle of the Atlantic. Identified back row, left to right: 407901 Pilot Officer (PO) (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)) Frederick John Lees from South Australia (accidentally killed 3 October 1943); 405627 PO (later Flt Lt) Edward Henry Farmer from Victoria; 280848 PO (later Flt Lt) Henry Douglas White from South Australia; 401065 PO (later Flt Lt) Rhys David Griffiths from Victoria; 2935 (3393) PO (later Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr)) Terence Brown from NSW (later awarded DFC); 401502 PO (later Flt Lt) Norman Clive Gerrard from Victoria (killed on flying operation over the Atlantic Ocean on 11 August 1943); 401836 PO (later Flt Lt) Denis Saunders from Victoria (killed on flying operation over the UK on 20 May 1943); 407977 PO (later Flt Lt) Hickson William Skinner from South Australia (killed on flying operation over the UK on 18 August 1943); 408662 PO (later Flt Lt) Malcolm Keith McKenzie from NSW (killed on flying operation over the Atlantic Ocean on 17 May 1943); 416164 PO (later Flt Lt) Basil Alfred Williams from South Australia (later awarded DFC); and 407057 PO (later Flt Lt) Kenneth Gregson Fry from South Australia (killed on flying operation over the Atlantic Ocean on 1 August 1943). Centre Row: 260287 Fl Lt (later Wing Commander (Wing Cdr)) Raymond Stanley Rice from NSW; 477 Flt Lt (later Wing Cdr) Reginald William Marks from South Australia; 171 Sqn Ldr (later Air Vice Marshal) Desmond Lloyd George Douglas from NSW (later awarded OBE, DFC); 260608 Fl Lt (later Sqn Ldr) Harold Graham Pockley from NSW (later awarded DFC and Bar) (killed on flying operation over South China Sea on 25 March 1945); and O35909 (250516) Flt Lt (later Sqn Ldr) Samuel Richard Creswick Wood from Victoria (later awarded DFC). Front row: 401541 Sergeant (Sgt) (later Flt Lt) Keith Sampson from Victoria; 407895 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) (later Flt Lt) Richard Rholwyn Gray from South Australia; 401105 Fl Sgt (later Flt LT) Raymond Howson Collett from Victoria; and 411202 Sgt (later Flt Lt) Gordon Cathcart Strath from NSW.

Details

Accession Number
SUK10223
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
December 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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