1/12RAF Station Binbrook. Informal portrait of 404467 Flying Officer (FO) Hector Ronald Harrison, 460 Squadron, RAAF, of Lismore.
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RAAF crew of a Lancaster bomber from No 460 Squadron featured in Anzac Day commemorative stamp by artist Stella Bowen 1944
2/12RAF Station Binbrook. Informal portrait of 404503 Flying Officer (FO) Francis Gordon Jackson, DFC, 460 Squadron, RAAF, of Lismore.
3/12Lincolnshire, England. 1944. 404507 Squadron Leader E. G. D. JARMAN DFC OF Yeppoon, QLD, of Lancaster NO. 460 Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Binbrook..
4/12RAF Station Binbrook. Informal portrait of 411227 Flying Officer Ronald Leslie Neal, 460 Squadron, RAAF, of Greenthorpe, NSW.
5/12RAF Station Binbrook. Informal portrait of Flying Officer (FO) Marmion Wilfred Carroll, DFC, 460 Squadron, RAAF, of Brighton, Vic.
6/12RAF Station Binbrook. Informal portrait of 1874746 Sergeant (Sgt) Douglas George Champkin, RAF serving with a bomber crew, 460 Squadron, RAAF.
7/12RAF Station Binbrook. Informal portrait of 414807 Flying Officer (FO) Thomas Joseph Lynch, 460 Squadron, RAAF, Rear Gunner, of Toowoomba, only survivor of a crash on 28 April 1944 in which he was badly injured, his right leg eventually being amputated.
8/12Sketch of Thomas Lynch by Stella Bowen hours before their fated raid.
9/12A RAAF crew of a Lancaster Bomber from No 460 Squadron RAAF. Left to right: 408034 Flying Officer (FO) M. W. Carroll DFC of Ferntree Gully, Vic; Sergeant D. G. Champkin, RAF; 414807 Pilot Officer T. J. Lynch of Toowoomba, Qld (back); 404507 Squadron Leader E. G. D. Jarman DFC (Captain) of Yeppoon, Qld (centre front); 404467 Flying Officer (FO) H. R. Harrison of Lismore, NSW; 404503 FO F. G. Jackson DFC OF Lismore, NSW; 411227 FO R. L. Neal of Grenfell, NSW.
10/12Binbrook, England. 1944-04-08. Members of the crew of a Lancaster of No. 460 squadron RAAF at the RAF station on their second tour of operations. Left to right: Sergeant D. G. Champkin, RAF; 408034 flying officer (fo) M. W. Carroll dfc, Ferntree Gully, Vic; 414807 pilot officer T. J. Lynch, Toowoomba, Qld; 404467 (fo) H. R. Harrison, Lismore, NSW; 404507 squadron leader E. G. D. Jarman dfc, Yeppoon, Qld, captain (third from right); 411227 (fo) R. L. Neal, Grenfell, NSW; 404503 (fo) F. G. Jackson dfc, Lismore, NSW.
11/12Lincolnshire, England. c. 1944-07. an avro Lancaster heavy bomber aircraft of No. 460 squadron RAAF at RAF station Binbrook being bombed up for operations.
12/12Stella Bowen's Bomber crew 1944: Back row, from left: Sergeant D G Champkin of the RAF, flight engineer; Pilot Officer Thomas Lynch, rear gunner; Flying Officer Hector Harrison, wireless operator; Flying Officer Ronald Neal, mid upper gunner. Front row, from left: Flying Officer Marmion Carroll, navigator; Squadron Leader Eric Jarman, pilot; Flying Officer Francis Jackson, bomb aimer.
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