P00631.002 Accession Number: P00631.002

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On arrival in England, group portrait of RAAF Sergeant pilots who trained together on No. 5 Course, Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). Left to right: 400366 David Forman (later Flying Officer 353 Squadron RAF, killed in India in an accident on 4 October 1944); unidentified; Davies, 400368 Leslie Pierson (Les) Hancock, (later Pilot Officer 1651 Conversion Unit RAF, killed on operations 29 July 1942); 400396 Horace Spencer Wills (Bill) Fordyce; 400370 Harry Madren Leggo; Hugh Shiels. (Donor H. Fordyce) (Cibachrome copy in AWM Private Records Collection at PR85/353)

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Accession Number
P00631.002
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Date Made
1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H Fordyce
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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