MEC1788 Accession Number: MEC1788

Description

Celone, Italy. c. 1944. Informal portrait of the crew of a Handley Page Halifax aircraft, "G for George", of an RAF squadron in Italy, after completing a supply dropping mission over Yugoslavia. Left to right: 1826340 Sergeant (Sgt) R. D. Richardson of Scotland; 2211821 Sgt J. Thomasson of Manchester, England; 1681106 Flight Sergeant H. Swinburn of Sheffield, England; 426031 Wireless Operator W. Brett of Brisbane, Qld; 3030504 Sgt M. Bradshaw of London, England; 430073 Flying Officer (FO) H. Walker of Mitcham, Vic, and 422972 FO M. McKay of Sydney, NSW.

Details

Accession Number
MEC1788
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 1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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