RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. 1943-05-04. Group portrait of the crew of Sunderland ...

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Accession Number SUK10913
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made United Kingdom: England, Devon, Plymouth
Date made 04 May 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. 1943-05-04. Group portrait of the crew of Sunderland aircraft DP 177 - F/10 of No. 10 Squadron RAAF which attacked and damaged a U-boat which was later sunk by P/461 on 1943-04-30. Left to right: 409027 Flying Officer (FO) V. D. Collins of Vic; 32847 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt, later Sergeant) Norman James Owen of NSW (accidentally killed over the English Channel on 20 May 1943); 409000 Pilot Officer A. G. Jennison of NSW; 406894 FO I. Wood of Vic; 61002 A/Sgt J. R. Dallas of NSW; 401502 FO N. C. Gerrard of NSW, captain; 404826 FO D. C. Gore of Qld; 33244 A/Sgt D. E. Bennington of NSW; 39957 A/Sgt J. E. Challinor of NSW; 16949 A/Sgt W. E. Mathews; 17256 A/Sgt G. F. Horgan of WA.