P03247.002 Accession Number: P03247.002

Description

Group portrait of ten members of the RAF 9 (O) Advanced Flying Unit (AFU), taken outside the Sergeants’ Mess at Llandwrog. The servicemen have signed the back of the photograph. The full identifications of these men are in square brackets.

Back row, left to right: R W Potter, Queensland [426921 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Robert William Potter, air gunner]; Jim Potter, Queensland [434008 Flt Sgt James Raymond Potter, air gunner, later of 466 Squadron (Sqn), accidentally killed, United Kingdom, 18 September 1945]; Trevor McManus, Queensland [429612 Flt Sgt Trevor Alwyn McManus, air gunner, later of 466 Squadron RAAF, killed over Germany, 6 October 1944]; Jack Gorton, Queensland [425642 Flt Sgt Jack Middleton Gorton]; Flt Sgt Bill West, WA.

Front row: Wally Strawbridge, Queensland [426938 Flt Sgt Walter Arthur Strawbridge, air gunner]; Dan Aitken [O18102 (426988) Flt Sgt George Daniel Aitken, Queensland, air gunner]; R J Stokes, Perth, WA [427665 Sgt Ronald James Stokes]; Me [434108 Flt Sgt Richard Lambert Shallcross, Queensland, wireless operator air gunner (WAG)]; Unidentified, WAG.

Details

Accession Number
P03247.002
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c December 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Shallcross
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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