| Accession Number | P07321.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Petty, John R |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, North Yorkshire, Harrogate |
| Date made | c 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of a Halifax bomber crew of 158 Squadron RAF. Identified left to right, ...
Description
Studio portrait of a Halifax bomber crew of 158 Squadron RAF. Identified left to right, standing: Sergeant L J Craven, flight engineer, of Harrogate, Yorks; 423908 Flying Officer (FO) Anthony Shanahan, bomb aimer, of Mascot NSW; 428765 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) James Arthur Nicholson, rear gunner, aged 22 of Ainslie ACT. Identified left to right, sitting: 420999 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Leonard Gower Paxman, wireless operator, aged 26 of Naremburn NSW; 414312 Warrant Officer (WO) Eric Ronald Fergus MacLeod, pilot, aged 27 of Townsville Qld; 422625 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Ernest Roy Moore, navigator, aged 22 of Braddon ACT; 428902 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Douglas Fitzgerald Bickford, mid-gunner, aged 22, of Gordon NSW. They were crewing LW724, radio call sign NP-S, during the air attack on Nuremberg on the night of 30 March 1944. Their plane was shot down by a German aircraft and crashed near Herborn-Seelbach. FO Shanahan bailed out and was taken prisoner of war in Germany. The rest of the crew were killed.