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"Home after a raid on Turin". A crew of No 156 Squadron RAF.
Identified, left to right, back row: 33506 Flying Officer (FO) Torres Davey 'Ferry' Ferris RAAF, navigator of Northbridge, NSW; 411825 FO John Charles Prichard RAAF, pilot and captain; 24878 FO Charles Russell Norton RAAF, bomb aimer of Lismore, NSW; 414604 Flight Sergeant Harry James 'James' Simpson RAAF, rear gunner of Brisbane, Qld. Front: 1506699 Sergeant (Sgt) C Johnston, flight engineer of Manchester, UK; Sergeant I Grant, mid upper gunner of Birmingham UK; Sgt G Campbell, wireless operator of Ayr-on-Tyne, Scotland.
Most of this crew took part in a mission to Mannheim on 5 September 1943 and were shot down, Simpson was killed, Prichard suffered a broken spine and, with others, being taken prisoner of war.
Items include discharge certificate, Pathfinder Force certificate, identity card, programme and menus. Information regarding liberation of German prisoner of war (POW) camps, letter regarding Flight L
A crew of No 156 Squadron RAF. Identified, left to right, back row: 33506 Flying Officer (FO) Torres Davey 'Ferry' Ferris RAAF, navigator of Northbridge, NSW; 411825 FO John Charles Prichard RAAF, pil
A crew of No 156 Squadron RAF. Identified, left to right, back row: 33506 Flying Officer (FO) Torres Davey 'Ferry' Ferris RAAF, navigator of Northbridge, NSW; 411825 FO John Charles Prichard RAAF, pil
The crew of a Halifax aircraft of No. 466 Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Leconfield, beside their aircraft on return from a raid on Germany. Left to right, standing: Sergeant (Sgt) Eric Ferris, RAF, eng
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Female intelligence officer at the Royal Air Force Station receiving a report from members of the crew of G George, Avro Lancaster of 460 Squadron RAAF, after an attack on Berlin, Germany 26 November
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A Dutch woman tends with great care the graves of the crew of Lancaster bomber (PB255) from RAAF 460 Squadron which crashed and exploded on impact at Oostelbeers, Holland on the night of 24 December,
