This image has been in my collection for a good while now but is a bit of a mystery. Am pretty sure all are fighter pilots and it is probably early 1940. Can anyone place the location or put names to faces? I suspect the fire damage was an accident rather than courtesy of the Luftwaffe.
By: gedburke3 - 4th December 2008 at 08:36
An amateur opinion
Hi,
I’ll have a guess at the following:-
Newell Orton standing in the middle.
George Brotchie in the bath.
The chap on the left is also a 73 Squadron pilot that I recognise but can’t recall the name. (there is a good pic of him in a group pic of 73 in Peter Cornwalls book on the Battle of France, which I don’t have to hand).
Don’t recognise the gent on the right.
So 73 squadron in the UK possibly just prior to the Battle of France?
Gerry
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November 28, 2008 at 6:17 pm