AWM caption : Australia: Northern Territory, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Airfield,_Northern_Territory" class="extiw" title="en:Hughes Airfield, Northern Territory">Hughes Airstrip (NT)</a>. Aircrew from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 2 Squadron RAAF">No. 2 (Hudson) Squadron RAAF</a> moving past one of their aircraft.<br><p>Left to right:
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<ul><li>8966 Sergeant (Sgt, later Flight Sergeant [Flt Sgt]) Kenneth Gordon Keech of Melbourne, Vic</li>
<li>412185 Sgt (later Flt Sgt) Patrick Reen of Casino, NSW</li>
<li>404989 Sgt (later Pilot Officer [PO]) Ronald Ryan of Brisbane, Qld</li>
<li>410698 Flying Officer (FO) Hugh McCulloch of Perth, WA</li>
<li>FO Ralph R James of Shepparton, Vic</li></ul>
Flt Sgts Keech and Reen, and PO Ryan and FO James were all killed on 28 April, 1943 while serving with RAAF in the Darwin region and are listed on the Ambon memorial in the Netherland East Indies. FO McCulloch was killed whilst on operations with RAF 207 Squadron over Germany on 28 August, 1943.
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1943-03-11
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