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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. THEY ARE PICTURED WITH THE LIFE RAFT FROM WHICH THEY WERE RESCUED, AFTER 17 HOURS IN THE OPEN SEA, BY HMS STARLING, HAVING BEEN FOUND BY AN AIRCRAFT OF NO. 210 (CATALINA) SQUADRON RAF, CAPTAINED BY JOHN CRUICKSHANK, LATER VC. REAR, FROM LEFT: SERGEANT (SGT) ALLAN N. (BUBBLES) PEARCE DFM (FITTER); FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT/LT) D. MARROWS DSO, DFC (CAPTAIN); FLIGHT OFFICER I.V.R. PEATTY (SECOND PILOT). CENTRE, FROM LEFT: FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT/SGT) D.C. SIDNEY (AIR GUNNER); PILOT OFFICER (P/O) W.G. DONE (NAVIGATOR); P/O P.C. LEIGH (FIRST PILOT); PETER T. JENSEN (FIRST WIRELESS OPERATOR); UNKNOWN. FRONT, FROM LEFT: FLT/SGT R.L. WEBSTER (SECOND WIRELESS OPERATOR); SGT J.T. ESHELBY (ENGINEER); SGT P.R. CRIDDLE (THIRD WIRELESS OPERATOR). THE UNKNOWN MAN WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE CREW BUT WAS ASKED TO STAND IN FOR THE RIGGER, FRED (PIERRE) BAMBER WHO WAS WOUNDED AND IN HOSPITAL. (COPIED FROM 461 SQUADRON ALBUM) (FORMERLY Y001/03/03)
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. T
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
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
RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. C. 1944-02-12. Crews of Sunderland aircraft ML731-A26-2 and DP192-A26-6 which are the third and fourth Sunderland aircraft to fly to Australia. Front row:
Group portrait of a crew from No. 454 Squadron. Posing in front of their Baltimore aircraft they are from left to right: 413806 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) John Farleigh Watkin (pilot); 409172 Flight S
