AWM caption : United Kingdom: England, Lincolnshire, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Waddington" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Waddington">Waddington</a>. The Right Honourable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curtin" class="extiw" title="en:John Curtin">John Curtin</a>, Prime Minister of Australia (second from right), talks with aircrew during his visit to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._467_Squadron_RAAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 467 Squadron RAAF">467 (Lancaster) Squadron RAAF</a> based at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Waddington" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Waddington">RAF Station Waddington</a> in Lincolnshire. The crew was about to take-off for a raid on the Marshalling Yards at Tours.<br><p>Identified, from left to right:
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<ul><li>418515 Fl Lt Harry James Cole Bentley (later DFC), RAAF, mid upper gunner</li>
<li>416931 Flying Officer (FO) C L Chalk RAAF, wireless operator of Keith, SA</li>
<li>626891 Sgt T McFarlane RAF, rear gunner of Dundee Scotland</li>
<li>Fl Sgt 'Snowy' Craven (possibly RAF), bomb aimer</li>
<li>the Right Honourable John Curtin</li>
<li>420771 FO William Mackay (later DFC), RAAF, pilot, of Newcastle, NSW</li></ul>
not stated
1944-05-19
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