The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 406572 Flight Lieutenant Frank Keith Morcombe DFC, pilot of No. 1 Operational Training Unit (OTU) RAAF, of Coorow, WA. He was killed in a flying accident on 5 October 1943 at Sale, Vic. Fl Lt Morcombe was awarded his DFC in August 1943 for actions whilst a member of 2 Squadron RAAF. He was transferred to 1 OTU as a flying instructor, but was killed, along with 437116 Sergeant James Whamond Cameron, when their aircraft crashed. These deaths were two of 131 aircrew dead or presumed missing during the three and a half years of operation of the intensive flying training courses run by 1 OTU.
Informal portrait of 559 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Ron Widmer DFC with Morcombe children Michael and Alma. The Morcombe family had come to Sale after their father 406572 Flt Lt Frank Keith Morcombe h
Family portrait of 406572 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Frank Keith Morcombe, of Coorow, WA, and his wife Alma and their two children Michael and baby Alma taken at Pingelly. Flt Lt Morcombe was awarded
Group portrait of the crew of Flying Officer (FO) Frank Keith Morcombe, No 2 Squadron RAAF, of Coorow, WA. Identified left to right: Sergeant (Sgt) Leslie Richard Jope of Melbourne, Vic; Sgt Watts, FO
Group portrait of RAAF aircrew, probably on completion of a flight training course. Back row, left to right: unknown; 407317 Sergeant (Sgt) Rayden Kingsley Ross Dunning, lost on operations over Timor
Left to right: 405246 Flying Officer (later Flight Lieutenant [Fl Lt]) John Albert Kirby DFM, 460 Squadron RAAF, of Murwillumbah, NSW; Flight Lieutenant R.M. Newitt DFC, Vancouver, Canada, RCAF; 40517
Studio portrait of 413054 Aicraftman (later Flight Sergeant) Jeffry Weeden RAAF, of Tumut, NSW. A bank clerk prior to his enlistment on 15 August 1941, he undertook air crew training and was posted ov
