P00270.011 Accession Number: P00270.011

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Group portrait of six members of No 27 Operational Training Unit. Identified back row, left to right: Vern Keyser [406359 Vernon Frank Keyser, 460 Squadron, killed during operations over Germany, 27 July 1942]; Bill Clegg [400886 William Alexander Clegg, 460 Squadron, died during operations, when his aircraft crashed in Belgium, on 13 August 1942]; unidentified. Front row: Ian Keys [406180 Ian Frederick Keys, 460 Squadron, later POW]; Cliff Burgess (seated) [406344 Clifford Henry Burgess, 460 Squadron, killed during operations over Germany, 26 July 1942] and Surgeon [404838 John Nathan Surgeon, later Squadron Leader]. The names in square brackets are the probable full identifications of the men.

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Accession Number
P00270.011
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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