The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Phillip (Phil) J. Lamason DFC and Bar, Royal New Zealand Air Force, a pilot with No. 15 (Lancaster) Squadron. Sqn Ldr Lamason was hidden by the French Resistance prior to being captured and taken to Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, where he was the Senior Officer in charge of 168 airmen. Sqn Ldr Lamason and the Senior American officer negotiated with German camp authorities to have the airmen transferred to Prisoner of War (POW) camps, which occured after they had spent approximately six weeks in Buchenwald. (Donor P. Lamason)
Two allied airmen playing chess in Chevreuse with a Frenchwoman whose family hid them for two weeks after they were shot down. Left to right: Colette Kalmanson, Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Philip J Lam
Portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) Les Whellum RAAF, wireless operator with No. 102 (Halifax) Squadron. Sgt Whellum was shot down on 28 June 1944 near Beauvais, France. He was hidden by the Resistance prior t
Ballarat, NSW. November 1942. Studio portrait of Aircraftman 2 (later Flight Sergeant) Mervyn Fairclough RAAF of Moora WA while training at Ballarat. Flt Sgt Fairclough of No. 51 Squadron, was shot do
c. 1941. Portrait of Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Keith Mills RAAF, navigator of No. 78 (Halifax) Squadron RAF. After being shot down on 21 June 1944 while on a mission to bomb Laon in northern France, F
Portrait of Warrant Officer (WO) Thomas A. (Tom) Malcolm RAAF, an observer flying with 463 (Lancaster) Squadron RAAF. WO Malcolm, of Hawthorn, Vic, was shot down on 24 June 1944 while on a 112 aircra
Montreal, Canada. c. 1941. Informal portrait of Sergeant Kevin Light RAAF, navigator, standing in a street in Montreal after completing his training at the Empire Air Training Scheme in Edmonton. Flyi
