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Group portrait of No. 64 Flying Instructors Course at 7 Flying Instructors School RAF. The group includes two Australians from the RAAF. Identified back row from left to right: Pilot Officer (PO) R.O. Auger, Sergeant (Sgt) Edmondson, Sgt Hendry; Sgt Briggs; Sgt Herrington; Sgt Hutchins; Sgt Kendall; 425733 Flight Sergeant(Flt Sgt) Frank Magnus Narracott, RAAF from Brisbane, Queensland; PO Preclous; and Flying Officer (FO) Smith. Middle row from left to right: FO W.G. Olive; 7010 FO Arthur Keith Buckland, RAAF from Roeburne, Western Australia (died 19 August 1944 in an accident in the Northern Territory); FO T.W.F. Sprinks; FO J.F.H. Crocco; FO W.T. Shannon; PO J.A.D. Ross; PO D.E. Brown; FO J.M. Stevens; FO S.J. Woodward; FO E.S. Cox; and FO H.M. Chinnery. Front row from left to right: FO V.G. Merritt; FO E.J. Blackwood; Flight Lieutenant B.S.B. Johnston; Wing Commander N.B. Norris; Squadron Leader E.J.B. Langhorne; Wing Commander J.L. Waters, AFC; Group Captain E.A.C. Britton. DFC; Squadron Leader A.B. Jones. AFC; Wing Commander T.S. Rivett-Carnac, DSO, DFC; Flight Lieutenant K.A. Kemp; Flight Lieutenant K. Fitzpatrick Nash; and FO E.K.P. Ince. Flt Sgt Narracott graduated from the school as a "B" rating flying instructor, the highest rating issued by the school. He was posted to various flying stations in England as a flying instructor including Kidlington, Croughton, Wyem Wald, Watchfield, Sturgate and Millom. In civilian life he had been a government clerk.
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Accession Number
P02135.002
Photographer
Gale & Polden Ltd
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Credit Line
Donor F. Narracott
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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