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PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES, 1943-10. THE CREW OF SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT (EK 578) "E" OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF WHO WERE SHOT DOWN BY SIX JUNKERS 88 AIRCRAFT OF 5 GROUP KG40 IN THE BAY OF BISCAY ON 1943-09-16. THEY ARE PICTURED WITH THE LIFE RAFT FROM WHICH THEY WERE RESCUED, AFTER 17 HOURS IN THE OPEN SEA, BY HMS STARLING. THEY WERE LOCATED BY AN AIRCRAFT OF NO. 210 (CATALINA) SQUADRON RAF, CAPTAINED BY JOHN CRUICKSHANK, LATER VC. FROM LEFT: J.T. ESHELBY (ENGINEER); R.L. WEBSTER (SECOND WIRELESS OPERATOR); ALLAN N. (BUBBLES) PEARCE (FITTER); D.C. SIDNEY (AIR GUNNER); W.G. DONE (NAVIGATOR); I.V.R. PEATTY (SECOND PILOT); D. MARROWS (CAPTAIN); PETER T. JENSEN (FIRST WIRELESS OPERATOR); P.C. LEIGH (FIRST PILOT); P.R. CRIDDLE (THIRD WIRELESS OPERATOR); UNKNOWN (NOT A CREW MEMBER BUT ASKED TO MAKE UP THE NUMBERS WHILE THE RIGGER, FRED (PIERRE) BAMBER, WAS UNAVAILABLE. FRED BAMBER WAS IN HOSPITAL, BADLY INJURED AT THE TIME. (COPIED FROM 461 SQUADRON ALBUM) (FORMERLY Y001/03/02)
PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES, 1943-10. THE CREW OF SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT (EK578) "E" OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, WHO WERE SHOT DOWN OVER THE BAY OF BISCAY ON 1943-09-16 BY SIX JUNKERS 88 AIRCRAFT OF 5 GROUP KG40.
BAY OF BISCAY, 1943-09-16. SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT (MK III EK 578), "E" OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF, SHOT DOWN BY SIX JUNKERS 88'S OF 5 GROUP KG40. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BY THE CREW OF ONE OF THE JU 88'S
Raf Station, Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1943-09. Group portrait of members of a crew of No. 461 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command. The captain, 400656 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) D. Marrows o
RAF Station, Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1943-09. Group portrait of members of a crew of No. 461 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command. The captain, 400656 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) D. Marrows o
Group portrait of the crew of Short Sunderland flying boat, 461 Squadron, RAAF at Pembroke Dock, Wales. Seen as crew come up the steps are: Fredrick (Derry) Syme (pilot), Ronald Warfield (navigator),
RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. C. 1944-02-23. Group portrait of members of the crews of the fifth and sixth Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF to fly from the UK to Australia. F
