NWA0033 Accession Number: NWA0033

Description

Informal portrait of crew members of No 31 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAAF, adjusting their parachutes prior to boarding the aircraft on a mission. Identified from left to right: 250796 Flying Officer (FO) John Drew Entwistle from Westbourne Park, South Australia; 400207 Pilot Officer Kenneth Neal McDonald from Melbourne, Victoria (later Flight Lieutenant and awarded DFC); 36886 Warrant Officer Haydn Oliver Thorncraft from Rockdale, NSW (later FO) and 25642 Sergeant Warren Stradbroke Agnew, from Brisbane, Queensland (later FO).

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Accession Number
NWA0033
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Format: 3x4"
Date Made
20 January 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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