P02280.003 Accession Number: P02280.003

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England. c. 1945. Informal group portrait of some crew members of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft probably of No. 224 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command, standing on a railway platform in a town to which they have travelled together on leave. The group includes: Alex Torr ? (fourth from left), a RAF wireless air gunner from Manchester; 402547 Flying Officer Thomas Frederick Wong See (sixth from left), the first Australian-born Chinese to serve in the RAAF and a navigator in the squadron. The man second from left is smoking a cigarette, while the man fifth from left is smoking a pipe. In the background stands the local Royal Hotel. (Donor G. See)

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Accession Number
P02280.003
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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