ART26275 - A Sunderland crew comes ashore at Pembroke Dock
Image copyright: © Australian War Memorial
- ID number
- ART26275
- Title
- A Sunderland crew comes ashore at Pembroke Dock
- Artist
- Bowen, Stella
- Object type
- Painting
- Place made
- United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
- Date made
- 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurement
- overall: 76.2 x 63.4 cm
- Collection
- Art
- Description
- Group portrait of the crew of Short Sunderland flying boat, 461 Squadron, RAAF at Pembroke Dock, Wales. Seen as crew come up the steps are: Fredrick (Derry) Syme (pilot), Ronald Warfield (navigator), Ron Tyson (gunner), Eric Genders (gunner) and Charlie Martin (third pilot), 'Spud' Murphy (wireless operator/air gunner), Bob Mead (wireless operator/gunner), Merv Pike (second pilot), Jock Beattie (RAF, first engineer), 'Curly' Rowland (RAF, second engineer) and John Bishop (RAF, wireless operator/gunner) at Pembroke Dock, Wales. The last three were RAF, the others RAAF. Sunderland flying boats, part of tender from which crew is landing.
