Description
Group portrait of pilots of an air ambulance flight evacuating wounded from the Arakan front in light aircraft. Identified from left to right, back row: 1271470 Warrant Officer (WO) R. F. Buxton, RAF of Welwyn Garden City, Herts, England; 1314319 WO K. A. Mackenzie, RAF of Wisbech, Cambridge, England; 177597 Pilot Officer (PO) D. S. Rowlands, RAF of Streatham, London, England; 1266377 WO E. A. Ellerby, RAF of Addlestone, Surrey, England. Front row: 402246 Flying Officer (FO) Walter (Wally) Scott McLellan, RAAF of Sydney, NSW (later Fl Lt and awarded DFC); 420420 PO William George Maurice Taylor, RAAF of West Kogarah, NSW (later Flying Officer); 64932 Squadron Leader A. Torrance, RAF of Stonehouse, Lancashire; 439047 FO Rex Garnham, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) of Blenheim, New Zealand; PO J. R. Wilson, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; 1077386 WO S. O'Connor, RAF of Sale, Cheshire, England; 414245 PO D. W. Chapman, RNZAF of Mangers, Auckland, New Zealand; 1233913 WO B. Walsh, RAF of Cawaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire, England; 415389 WO L. P. Turner, RNZAF of Durham, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Details
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Format: 3x4"
Date Made
6 December 1944
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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