Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. CNA3539

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945.
Aircrew of No. 40 Squadron RAF don their flying equipment before boarding their Vicker Wellington B Mark X at Foggia Main, Italy, for the last night bombing operation undertaken by the type. Six Wellingtons accompanied a force of Consolidated Liberators making an attack on the marshalling yards at Treviso on the night of 13/14 March 1945. The crew are, (left to right): Sergeant R Turner of London, (tail Gunner); Flying Officer A Merrick of Birmingham, (navigator); Pilot Officer P Faulkner of Te-Kuiti, New Zealand, (bomb-aimer); Pilot Officer J Burnett of Kensington Park, South Australia, (pilot); and Flight Sergeant Radcliffe of Liverpool, (wireless operator/air gunner).