P00669.013 Accession Number: P00669.013

Description

Group portrait of Empire Air Training Scheme trainees of Flight 38, Course 45, B Squadron, at No 4 Initial Training School RAAF. Back row from left to right: 442537 Aircraftman 2 (AC2) David Geoffrey Edwards (later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt)); 442505 AC2 Alexander McDonald (later Flt Sgt); 442527 AC2 Lloyd Lymington Mitchell (later Temporary Flt Sgt); AC2 William Eric Holland (later O4435 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)); and 442496 AC2 Ronald Keith Fuller (later Flying Officer (FO)).
Fourth row from left to right: 442442 AC2 John Prouse Grosvenor (later Warrant Officer (WO); 442536 AC2 Robert Keith Eckermann (later Flt Sgt); 442298 AC2 Martin James (later WO); 442523 AC2 Bertram Ian Dix (later AC1); 442532 AC2 Baxter Conway Walter (later Flt Sgt); and 442519 AC2 Norman Brown (later WO).
Third row from left to right: AC2 Walter James Gibson (later 132764 Flt Sgt); 442521 AC2 Robert Cecil Chenoweth (later Flt Sgt); 442534 AC2 Kenneth Irving Wright (later Flt Sgt); 45555 AC2 Ernest Arthur Morton (later Flt Sgt); 442487 AC2 Cedric Alva Beare (later WO); and 442517 Murray Robertson (later Leading Aircraftman (LAC)).
Second row from left to right: 442526 AC2 Paul James Mellor (later WO); 442529 John Elliott Pflaum (later Flt Sgt and died in an aircraft accident in the Philippines on 15 November 1945); 442520 AC2 Warren Douglas Chennel (later LAC); 442516 AC2 Brian Joseph Kain (later Sgt and died in a ground accident in the Northern Territory on 30 August 1945); 442533 AC2 Keith John Wilson (later Flt Sgt); 442518 AC2 Jack Benson (later Flt Sgt); AC2 R Turner; and 442525 Frank Leslie Henderson (later Pilot Officer (PO).
Front row from left to right: 442499 AC2 Gavin Clifford Hunter (later WO); 442528 AC2 Donald Arthur Needham (later Flt Sgt); 442530 AC2 Harris Charles Ruediger (later Flt Sgt); Corporal (Cpl) L A Walker; 442507 AC2 Malcolm John Russell (later Flt Sgt and died in an aircraft accident at Mildura, Victoria on 7 August 1945); 442524 AC2 James William Holland (later Flt Sgt); and 442522 AC2 Geoffrey Selkirk Cottew (later FO).

Details

People

• Flight Sergeant John Elliott Pflaum
• Flight Sergeant Malcolm John Russell
• Flight Sergeant Brian Joseph Kain

Rolls

• Pflaum, John Elliott
• Russell, Malcolm John
• Kain, Brian Joseph

Conflicts

• Second World War, 1939-1945

Places

• South Australia
• Adelaide
• Victor Harbor

Units

• Initial Training School, Victor Harbour
• Empire Air Training Scheme

Tags

• Air force training
• Group portraits