On arrival in England, group portrait of RAAF Sergeant pilots who trained together on No. 5 ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number P00631.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

On arrival in England, group portrait of RAAF Sergeant pilots who trained together on No. 5 Course, Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). Left to right: 400366 David Forman (later Flying Officer 353 Squadron RAF, killed in India in an accident on 4 October 1944); unidentified; Davies, 400368 Leslie Pierson (Les) Hancock, (later Pilot Officer 1651 Conversion Unit RAF, killed on operations 29 July 1942); 400396 Horace Spencer Wills (Bill) Fordyce; 400370 Harry Madren Leggo; Hugh Shiels. (Donor H. Fordyce) (Cibachrome copy in AWM Private Records Collection at PR85/353)