The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An informal group portrait of the crew of a North American B25 Mitchell bomber of No. 2 Squadron RAAF, discussing an operation with their rigger after returning from a raid against the Japanese in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI). Left to right: 433732 Flight Sergeant Roderick Alister MacGregor of Tamworth, NSW; 7246 Flying Officer Alban Keith Morrell of Northam, WA; 431510 Flight Sergeant Bernard Michael O'Brien of Carnegie, Vic; 402097 Flight Lieutenant Edward Melville White of Ashbury, NSW, and 73239 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Walter Mailey McCrossin of Bondi, NSW. All of the above airmen, excepting LAC McCrossin were accidentally killed when returning to Australia on a repatriation aircraft (Mitchell B25 A47-37) which went missing on 14 August 1945 somewhere over the Arafura Sea. They have no known graves and are listed on the Lae Memorial in Papua New Guinea.
Hughes, NT. 1945-07-19. 433732 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) R. A. MacGregor, No. 2 Squadron RAAF of Tamworth, NSW, sits in the tail gun turret of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft and looks
Hughes, NT. c. June 1944. The crew from a B25 Mitchell bomber aircraft of No. 2 Squadron RAAF, unloading their gear after returning from a mission. Serial number on the aircraft is A47-31, code name K
France. 1944-10-29. Portrait of 420427 Flight Sergeant W. E. Barr, Tamworth, NSW, on an airfield at Mitchell No. 226 Squadron RAF.
Townsville, Qld. 1944-04-11. US Fifth Air Force Service Command working under supervision of two American NCOs, 13413 Leading Aircraftman C. Harbert, fitter IIA of Launching Place, Vic, adds special f
Informal portrait of ground crew of No. 22 (Boston) Squadron RAAF at Kiriwina with an aircraft stripped for an inspection. Identified from left to right: Sergeant A Edmond from Newcastle, NSW; 61095 L
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-03. THE DEMAND FOR JEEPS AT THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE BASE IS INCESSANT, AND WHEN ONE GOES IN FOR OVERHAUL IT IS CHECKED IN QUICK TIME B
