MEC0823 Accession Number: MEC0823

Description

Group portrait of Pilots and Administative Officers of No. 451 Squadron RAAF on stand by. Back row, left to right: all four unidentified. Middle row: first four men unidentified; 402716 Flying Officer (FO) John Kirk Bann; next four men unidentified; 401155 FO James Edward (Ed) Schofield; 408177 FO John Duncan Ward (later killed in a flying battle over Corsica on 17 May, 1944). Front row: first three men unidentified; FO J. Cox (possibly 400783 John Allen (Jack) Cox, killed 2 April 1943); 287415 Squadron Leader James (Jim) Paine, Commanding Officer; 402365 Flight Lieutenant Edgar Exley (Ed) Kirkham, holding the mascot dog named Hurry; next two men unidentified; 402781 FO Lance Neville "Happy" Ahern.

Details

Accession Number
MEC0823
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Nitrate
Brand: Kodak
Date Made
c 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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