The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Outdoors portrait of 415152 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Ray Kelly (left) and his cousin 406332 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) George Henry Kirkby, RAAF, Wireless Air Gunner (WAG) of Kalgoorlie, WA, standing outside LAC Kelly's family home at Palmyra, just prior to LAC Kelly commencing training with 9 Elementary Flying Training School (9EFTS) at Cunderdin, WA. On June 26 1942, Flt Sgt Kirkby, 104 Squadron RAF, and another crew member were killed in action, when their Wellington Mk II (8572) aircraft was bombed as they prepared for takeoff at 12.15 am at LG25 (Landing Ground 25), near El Daba, Egypt. When the bomb exploded, the aircraft burst into flames, trapping Flt Sgt Kirkby and the navigator. The four remaining crew members managed to escape as other explosions rocked the aircraft. Flt Sgt Kirkby was buried at LG 106 the same day and is commemorated on the El Alamein Memorial in Egypt. LAC Kelly flew extensively in the Pacific, flying Lockheed Hudson and Consolidated Liberator aircraft.
Kojarina, near Geraldton, Western Australia. Informal portrait of 415152 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Ray Kelly about to board an Avro Anson of Y Flight at 4 Service Flying Training School (4SFTS). LAC
Informal group portrait of Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Ray Kelly's crew outside their tent just prior to an anti-submarine patrol in their B Flight, 6 Squadron RAAF Lockheed Hudson, A16-177. Left to ri
Informal group portrait of the crew of 6 Squadron Lockheed Hudson A16-245 photographed on their return to Turnbull Field. Two days earlier they were forced to ditch the aircraft in Milne Bay approxima
Hughes, NT. 11 March 1943. The crew of a Lockheed Hudson aircraft of No. 2 Squadron RAAF in front of one of the Squadron aircraft. Left to right: 6691 Sergeant (Sgt) T. I. Gunn, Wireless Air Gunner (W
A Lockheed Hudson aircraft crew of No. 2 Squadron RAAF, moving past one of the Squadron aircraft. Left to right: 416572 Sergeant (Sgt, later Flying Officer [FO]) Leon Douglas Head, Wireless Air Gunner
A crew of No. 2 Squadron RAAF outside the door of a squadron Lockheed Hudson aircraft examining a map. Identified personnel are: 405657 Sergeant (Sgt) Jack Sunner, Wireless Air Gunner (WAG) of Rockham
