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Bairnsdale, Vic. C. 1941. Autographed formal group portrait of Pilot Officers (PO), members of No. 20A class at Bairnsdale Navigation-Reconnaissance School. Left to right: back row: Eldin Moore, 408811 Ralph R. James (later Flying Officer), A. Cambridge, Spedding Smith, Jack Budd, D. McDougall. Middle row: R. Fethers, I. Hay, J. Rimes, C. Portway. Front row: J. Matthews, L. Hooper, W. DeSalis. All have successfully completed their initial pilot training (note the pilot's wings worn on their left shirt pockets). Flying Officer James was killed in action on 28 April 1943 piloting a No. 2 Squadron RAAF Hudson light bomber aircraft over the Arafura Sea. (original housed in AWM Archive Store) (Donor E. Williams)
Flinders, Vic. 1941-06-01. Autographed formal group portrait of a class of RAAF trainees at Lord Somers Camp. 408811 Ralph R. James is front row, far right. James was later killed in action on 28 Apri
Flinders, Vic. 1941-07-12. Autographed formal group portrait of a class of RAAF trainees at Lord Somers Camp. 408811 Ralph R. James back row, fifth from left. He was killed in action on 28 April 1943
408811 Pilot Officer (later Flying Officer) Ralph Reginald James arm in arm with his wife Beryl,walking in a Sydney street shortly before he was posted to No. 2 Squadron RAAF at Darwin. Flying Officer
Flinders, Vic. c. 1941. Portrait of trainee pilots Mat. Kilpatrick (left) and 408811 Ralph R. James (right) in the grounds of the Initial Training School at Lord Somers Camp. Flying Officer James was
Timor Sea. c. 1943. Interior of a No. 2 Squadron RAAF Hudson light bomber flying on a sortie over the Timor Sea. The pilot at the controls (left rear) is 408811 Flying Officer (FO) Ralph R. James, and
Pilot Officer (later Flying Officer) Ralph R. James and his wife Beryl walking in a Sydney street shortly before he was posted to No. 2 Squadron RAAF at Darwin. Flying Officer James was killed in acti
