No. 486 Squadron pilots and personnel in front of and on the wings of a Typhoon. RAF Station Tangmere.
On Propeller hub: JR Cullen, RH Fitzgibbon, WJ Swinton.
Standing on wing: NS Parkes, Rainbow, JR Powell (crouching), LJ Appleton, F Murphy.
Sitting on wing: AN Sames, MO Jorgensen, WB Tyreman, RJ Dall, CN Gall, JA Froggatt, BC Thompson, DG Fail, NW Faircloth, NE Preston, M McCarthy, RJ Danzey.
Standing in front: JG Wilson, HN Thomas, ID Waddy, DJ Scott, AH Smith, M Lees, HC Saward.
Image from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Informal group of RAF men and women at RAF Station Tangmere.
Handwritten on the reverse " "B" Watch | Tangmere Operations Room 1943"
Group of No. 486 Squadron 'A' Flight personnel in their dispersal room, RAF Station Tangmere.
L-R: Standing;
LJ Appleton, JG Wilson, K McCarthy, JR Powell, AH Smith, F Murphy, NE Preston, RH Fitzgibbon.
Seated; DJ Scott, NW Faircloth.
On Floor; RJ Danzey, Flight Lieutenant HN Thomas (Intelligence Officer), M Lees, JA Froggatt.
Wing Commander DJ Scott standing by Typhoon DJ-S, with 'Kim' on tail-plane.
Scott was Wing Commander (Flying) at RAF Station Tangmere.
DJ Scott's personal photo's.
Group Captain Desmond James Scott leaning out the cockpit of his No. 486 Squadron Typhoon. RAF Station Tangmere.
Group Captain Scott's personal photo's.
Group of No. 486 Squadron personnel in front of Typhoon SA-F, at RAF Station, Tangmere.
This was Des Scott's first Squadron command.
L-R: On propeller; JR Cullen, F Murphy, WJ Swinton.
On wing; JR Powell, NW Faircloth, RH Fitzgibbon, RJ Dall, JA Frogatt, DG Fail, K McCarthy, Jones, NE Preston (leaning forward), LJ Appleton, RJ Danzey, CN Gall, N Parkes (armourer).
Standing; AN Sames, MO Jorgensen, Flight Lieutenant HN Thomas (Intelligence Officer), WB Tyerman, Group Captain WJ Crisham, DJ Scott, ID Waddy, AH Smith, JG Wilson, Seward, Thomson.