MEA2208 Accession Number: MEA2208

Description

Group portrait of three members of the crew of No. 454 Squadron RAAF, operating in Italy in close support of the Eighth Army, beside their Baltimore aircraft. Left to right: 425721 Warrant Officer (WO) Edwin George Murphy of Maryborough Qld; 421797 WO Colin Ware Evans of Canberra ACT ; 427723 WO John Harris O'Keefe of Boulder, WA. All of the above crew were lost on operations over Italy on 12 April 1945.

Details

Accession Number
MEA2208
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Measurement
Overall: 2 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in
Image: 2 1/4 in x 2 3/16 in
Date Made
c November 1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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