A pair of No. 486 Squadron [?] pilots beside a Hurricane. RAF Station Wittering [?]
Good view of flying gear: 'C' Type helmets, Mae Wests and oxygen masks. The Sergeant at left is wearing battle dress and Mk.IV goggles. The Pilot Officer at right is wearing service dress and civil type goggles.
Group of No. 486 Squadron personnel with a Hurricane at RAF Station, Wittering.
L-R: On aircraft; Sergeant Gordon Thomas, Flight Sergeant 'Iggy' Phillips, Sergeant Gerry Rawson, Corporal Fairbrother, Curly Moore.
Standing; Flight Lieutenant Harvey Sweetman, Pilot Officer Les Weir, Sergeant Howard Saward, Sergeant Frank Murphy, Sergeant Tommy Thompson, Sergeant Norm Preston, Pilot Officer Vaughan Fittall, Sergeant Norman Gall, Sergeant Leo Walker.
Image from the Rodney Fairbrother personal collection.
Group of No. 486 Squadron personnel with one of their Hurricanes. RAF Station Wittering.
L-R: On wing; RD Fairbrother, KK Moore (both ground crew).
Standing; VC Fittall, LV Weir, KG Taylor-Cannon, AE Umbers, CLC Roberts (Commanding Officer), HN Sweetman, GE Rawson, NE Preston, RH Fitzgibbon, BC Thompson, AJ Woodgate.
Front; T Ness (Adjutant), HC Saward, GG Thomas, CN Gall, F Murphy, ID Waddy, L Walker, RI Phillips, RJ Dall.
Image from the Rodney Fairbrother personal collection.
No. 486 Squadron 'A' Flight armouters in front of a Hurricane at RAF Station Wittering.
L-R: RD Fairbrother, RK Bartlett, JP Walton, KK Moore.
P Brown on wing.
