P02874.037 Accession Number: P02874.037

Description

Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua. 20 July 1943. Interior view of Operations Room and Operations Board for No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF on Vivigani airfield. Pilots' names on the Operations Board and ranks at that date, are: 402719 Flying Officer (FO) A. H. (Peter) Birch; 408963 Sergeant (Sgt) I. H. (Ian) Callister; 421830 Sgt C. J. (Clem) Schmitzer; 408842 Sgt D. A. (Dudley) Grinlington; 260779 Flight Lieutenant M. S. (Max) Bott; 417398 Pilot Officer (PO) O. B. (Owen) Morgan; 411809 FO W. A. (Warren) Napier; 420930 Sgt N. S. I. (Neville) Faulkes; 404272 FO W. J. (Jeffrey) Wilkinson; 420898 PO W. F. (Wal) Howard; 405026 FO P. E. (Paul) Sebire; 403558 PO H. S. (Syd) Cormack; 412215 Flight Sergeant P. F. (Philip) Turner (known as Lew). Squadron strength, Commanding Officer one, pilots twenty-nine.

Details

Accession Number
P02874.037
Photographer
Corporal William Herbert Robinson
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
20 July 1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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