Squadron Leader Keith Truscott
Art ART27512 Second World War, 1939-1945Squadron Leader Keith W 'Bluey' Truscott, DFC and Bar, Commander 76 Squadron RAAF.
Informal portrait of 400213 Squadron Leader Keith 'Bluey' William Truscott DFC and bar, No. 452 Squadron Accession Number: P00396.002
Description
Informal portrait of 400213 Squadron Leader Keith 'Bluey' Willam Truscott DFC and bar. Playing with Melbourne's premiership winning team in 1939, Squadron Leader Truscott was already famous as a footballer at the outbreak of war. He enlisted in the RAAF on 21 July 1940 amidst considerable publicity and became one of Australia's best-known flying aces of the Second World War. Joining the Empire Air Training Scheme in Canada, he went on to fly Spitfire aircraft with No 452 Squadron in Europe, being awarded a DFC and bar, before transferring to No 76 Squadron and flying Kittyhawks over Milne Bay, Papua. Returning to Australia, Truscott was killed in a training flight on 28 March 1943. He remains one of the most well-known pilots in the RAAF.
Details
Accession Number
P00396.002
Photographer
RAAF Public Relations
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Measurement
Overall: 20.8 cm x 15.3 cm
Date Made
1940-1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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