MEA1932 Accession Number: MEA1932

Description

St Catherines, Calvi, Corsica, France. July 1944. Group portrait of members of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF. Seen here are: 409066 Pilot Officer (PO) Col Pym; 421745 PO Jim Mineham; 425582 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Cec Ball; 416218 Flight Lieutenant Mal Kemp; 421827 Flt Sgt Arthur Roe; 420296 Flt Sgt Cliff Stubbs; 421753 PO Ted Newberry; 408541 Flying Officer (FO) B. Wallis; 408179 FO Dick Robert; 527475 Flt Sgt Ralph Hill; 407465 FO W. Thomas, Squadron mascot "Hurry" short for Hurricane; 405379 FO Tom James; PO Tony Davis RAF. Note the Supermarine Spitfire aircraft at right.

Details

Accession Number
MEA1932
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
c July 1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession MEA1932

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