PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION
Photographic Section Page 2
Ernest
Wall flew as a Wireless Op/Air Gunner in
Marauders of No. 24 Squadron, South African
Air Force. Ernest is shown on the photograph,
front row and right,
This particular Marauder, photographed in Italy (1944), had just completed one hundred sorties. The length of operational tour was at the C.O.'s discretion and he decided Ernest had completed his tour of duty after sixty-nine flying operations.
Jack
Burgess flew in B24 Liberators with an all-Canadian
crew of the Royal Canadian Air Force. In
this picture, Jack is pictured on the extreme
right and sitting on the engine while based
in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1945. Returning
from a long range mission, this aircrew
survived a ditching in the Indian Ocean
- an unusual feat since Liberators usually
fell apart when hitting the Ocean.
This
may the final photograph of our Branch Treasurer,
Danny Cooper, who died on Saturday,
23rd February 2002. He served fifteen years
with the Royal Canadian Air Force and moved
to Scotland in 1965. He is shown here, on
the extreme right of this picture, during the
Tornado flypast ceremony at East Fortune
Airfield (19/10/2001), when a
copy of our our Branch Archives Book was
given to the Museum of Flight.
George
Conway MBE AE on left "602 Squadron
News" and Bill Reid VC, former Saltire
Branch Chairman, on the right.