Three trainee bomber crew, including RAAF Flight Sergeant Ronald Hines (right), in front of a Wellington bomber at No. 27 Operational Training Unit, RAF Lichfield, May 1943. Many Australians trained at Lichfield, where they ‘crewed up' before being sent on to Heavy Conversion Units and thence to an operational squadron. Those who passed through there sometimes referred to the LSM—the Lichfield Survivors Medal—because of the number of aircrew who died on training flights. [AWM P01523.068]
Source
AWM P01523.068
Place made
Litchfield, England
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