Crew of "M" for Mother, a Lancaster aircraft belonging to No. 467 Squadron RAAF in Bomber Command. The Squadron is based at RAF Station Waddington, and this crew is just preparing to take off on a raid over Berlin. Left to right: 417035 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt, later Flying Officer [FO]) John Warrington Scott of Ballarat, Victoria; 413558 Flt Sgt (later FO) George Edward Erickson of Sydney, NSW; 412890 Flt Sgt (later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) Albert Reginald Thomas Boys of Sydney, NSW; 11615 Sergeant (later Flt Sgt) Charles Edward Adair of Swan Hills, NSW (lost on operations over Germany on 23 September 1943); 414407 Flt Sgt (later Flt Lt) Bertram Raymond Jones of Wyandra, Queensland; 400444 Flt Sgt (later Flt Lt) John Hudson Wilkinson, (later Distinguished Flying Cross), (bending down) of Rutherglen, Victoria (lost on operations over Europe on 30 August 1944); Sgt E L Tull, RAF. From collection of photographs and cuttings dedicated to the memory of WILKINSON JOHN HUDSON : Service Number - 400444 : Date of birth - 18 Feb 1914 : Place of birth - RUTHERGLEN VIC : Place of enlistment - MELBOURNE : Next of Kin - WILKINSON HUDSON. The crew of “M for Mother”, a Lancaster bomber from 467 Squadron, preparing to take off on a raid over Berlin. John Wilkinson is standing at far right. Wilkinson was awarded the distinguished flying cross in March 1944 and tragically killed in action over Germany in August 1944. black and white photograph of seven airmen in front of Lancaster bomber planeRear of photograph - John Wilkinson on right standing behind man bent over pilot, kia, killed in action, dfc, distinguished flying cross, wwii, world war two, air force, lancaster, 1944

non-fictionThe Story of 74 Squadron RAF in two World Wars

It was donated by Clive Marshall after his stay in the repatriation hospital after he came home from Vietnam. He served from 1967 to 1968 He was apart of 2 squadron Tea cup ceramic with two green lines wrapping around the top one in the middle of the cup with a code of arms this a shield saying repatriation It has a shield with repatriation in the middleraf, 2 squadron, vietnam war, repatriation hospital

A SCION OF A PIONEERING HARCOURT FAMILY. KENNETH WARREN ENLISTED 3/1/1942. THE FLIGHT LOG REVEALS HIS SUBSEQUENT CAREER, WHICH COMMENCED WITH PILOT TRAINING AT BENALLA, VICTORIA 23/8/1942, TRANSFERED TO MALLALA SA OCT 1942 TO FEBRUARY 1943, THENCE TO CROUGHTON UK FROM 30 JUNE 1943 TO SEPTEMBER 1943 FOR FURTHER TRAINING, AT HUSBANDS BOSWORTH SEPTEMBER 1943 TO OCTOBER 1943, COMMENCED OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS OUT OF MARKET HARBOROUGH 18 OCTOBER 1943 THEN VARIOUS SQUADRONS IN BOMBING RUNS OVER EUROPE UNTIL 7TH MAY 1944 WHEN HIS LANCASTER BOMBER FAILED TO RETURN.. K R Warren was aged twenty when given command of a Lancaster bomber in the RAF. He was one of six Harcourt men who enlisted, trained and took to the air in defence of Britain during WW2BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOOK - BLACK PRINTINGROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

introduction of beech t-1a jayhawk, briefings: ah-64d longbow apache, hercules c.mk1(k), cfb goose bay, raf no.56 squadron phantoms in cyprus on last armament practice camp, royal malaysian air force photo feature, focus aircraft: grumman a-6 intruder (62 pages), variant briefing: sikosky s-70/h-60 part 1 – army versions, interview: fast cas – alaskan style, f-16 and oa-10 pilots of 343rd wing, air power analysis: india

briefings: mil mi-28n ‘havoc’, 188th fighter squadron – new mexico’s ‘killer scouts’, us naval air warfare center-aircraft division pax river, rq-1a predator uav enters usaf service, raf marham reconnaissance wing feature, focus aircraft: northrop grumman b-2 spirit (50 pages), kaman sh-2g seasprite feature, harpoonex – p-3 orion in action photo feature, variant briefing: panavia tornado part 2 – adv versions, air power analysis: south america part 2

briefings: avdef – the french ‘fr aviation’, usaf 82nd aerial targets squadron, air mobility rodeo ’98, air power analysis update: honduras, guatemala, guidimakha ’98 – franco-african exercise feature, green flag ’98 feature, cfb cold lake photo feature, focus aircraft: eurofighter typhoon (44 pages), cvw-14 aboard uss abraham lincoln photo feature, variant briefing: ilyushin il-76, raf exchange pilot with the adla photo feature, air power analysis: japan