P02280.001 Accession Number: P02280.001

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England, 1944-09. Group portrait of RAAF and RAF officers and senior NCOs who took part in No. 93 Bombing Leaders' Course. The man in the back row (second from right) is 402547 Warrant Officer Thomas Frederick Wong See, the first Australian-born Chinese to serve in the RAAF. See was serving as a navigator in a RAF Coastal Command squadron flying Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft. The group also includes: Eric A. Simms; Michael Manos; 'Stubbs' Wells; C. Q. Anderson; R. L. Smith; George V. Smith ?; - Fineham; A. H. (Bart) Bartlett; P. (General) McNaughton; A. G. (Bert) Stass; A. W. Homberk ?; W. R. McEwen; W. T. (Steve) Glenn; J. Mather ?; F. A. Baggaley; D. C. Sim; Edwin C. Simpson. (Donor G. See)

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Accession Number
P02280.001
Classification
Photograph
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Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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