January 28, 2010 at 12:34 pm
OK, the AWM website don’t know / say who this is, but it’s a short list of possibles, and I’m sure one of our BoB boys can nail it from the described circs.
So your starter for ten – who is he?
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/SUK15188
ID number SUK15188
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Collection Photograph
Description England. C. 1943-12. Portrait of an RAAF fighter pilot who fought a Messerschmitt Bf109 German aircraft unaware that more than half the rudder of his Spitfire aircraft had been shot away. Damaged as it was the rudder functioned perfectly during a running fight of fifty miles.