Collection relating to 403727 William Edmund ‘Ted’ Eagleton, RAAF and 886646 Sergeant Catherine May 'Tommy' Eagleton (nee Cameron), WAAF Accession Number: AWM2022.400.3.12

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Portrait of crew members of Halifax MZ299 which was shot down on operations near Wittmund, Germany on 15 October 1944. Identified front row: 408462 Pilot Officer (PO) Tasman Leonard Williams, RAAF (wireless operator/air gunner) (left); 426709 PO Ernest Thompson, RAAF (bomb aimer) (right). 426647 Flying Officer Albert Henry Munroe, RAAF (pilot), standing far left; others pictured, but positions unkown: Sergeant (Sgt) T W N Kemp RAF, (mid upper gunner); Flt Sgt George William Dawson, RAF (rear gunner); PO William Stones, RAF, (flight engineer); Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Harvey Roy Harris, RAF (navigator). All crew members were killed with the exception of Sgt Kemp who evacuated the aircraft but was taken prisoner of war. Those killed are buried in the Sage War Cemetery, Oldenburg, Germany.

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Accession Number
AWM2022.400.3.12
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Brand: brand unknown
Date Made
1943 - 1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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