Leighterton, England. Group portrait of B Flight, No. 8 Training Squadron of the Australian ...

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Accession Number D00127
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Leighterton, England. Group portrait of B Flight, No. 8 Training Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC). The aircrew cadets wearing a white cap band are trainee pilots. Back row, left to right: 918 Corporal (Cpl) L. J. R. Jones; 22115 Air Mechanic First Class (1st AM) S. E. Crierie; 696 Cpl R. M. Patterson; 1556 1st AM F. H. Hine; 1324 Cpl W. C. Odgers; 1050 Cpl B. T. Fitchett; 2544 Air Mechanic Second Class (2nd AM) S. T. Ramsay; 3379 2nd AM F. L. Brown; 2478 2nd AM John Anscombe. Second row: 3156 Chief Mechanic E. A. Gibbs; Cadet Joseph Dillon Hanly; 2nd Lieutenant Cecil Knight Moreton; 7499 Major Keith Dixon Norman, padre; Captain Robertson, Flight Commander; Cadet H. E. Fraser; Cadet F. J. Thomas; 3426 Sergeant L. A. Ridgwell. Front row: 2596 1st AM A. E. Craig; 5553 1st AM J. E. Mayall; 1799 2nd AM William Stitt J. Williams; 6428 2nd AM R. N. Malley.