SUK10731 Accession Number: SUK10731

Description

Outdoor group portrait of members of the crew of Sunderland aircraft DV 969-E/10 of No. 10 Squadron RAAF based at an RAF Station, Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. Identified from left to right: 205800 Sergeant (Sgt) (later Warrant Officer) Arthur Edwin Couldrey DFM, from NSW, tail gunner; 29022 Corporal (Sgt) George Edward Luck from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, rigger; 401451 Flying Officer (FO) (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)) Maxwell Stanley Mainprize from Melbourne, Victoria, first pilot (later awarded DFC); 405271 FO (later Squadron Leader) Byron Clifford William Fogg from Brisbane, Queensland, navigator; 1941 (3932, O36036) FO (later Flt Lt) Thomas Ainsworth Egerton from Williamston, Western Australia, captain (later awarded DFC); 7104 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) (later Warrant Officer) Frederick Henry Clarke from Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia, 2nd fitter; 411679 Sgt (later Flt Lt) Clarence Charles Clark from Sydney, NSW, 2nd pilot (later awarded DFC); 10176 Sgt Arthur William Reeves from Coburg, Victoria, 1st fitter; 30523 Sgt (FO) Maxwell Raymond Delaney from Hobart, Tasmania, 1st wireless telegraphy (w/t) operator, (accidentally killed over the Atlantic Ocean on 13 November 1944); 17645 Sgt Graham Montgomery Walker from Serpentine, Western Australia, 2nd w/t operator (killed in flying operation on 20 May 1943); 24972 LAC (later FO) Leonard John Lang from Brisbane, Queensland, armourer.

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Accession Number
SUK10731
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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