Ten Australian airmen in front of a Wellington bomber at an unknown location in England, c. November 1941–April 1942. As far as is known none of these men flew together; seven of them died on operations during 1942, and one died in an accident. It is thought that the photograph was taken to accompany a reporter's story. During the war many similar images appeared in newspapers throughout the British Commonwealth and Empire to bolster morale and inform the public of what a great job the Allied air forces were doing. Typical in this regard was 'Fighting Airmen of the Empire', an image featuring eight airmen lined up in uniform looking over their shoulders at the camera, which appeared in The Mercury (Hobart) on 24 March 1942. The airmen were from different countries and were serving together on a Bomber Command station somewhere in the north of England. (AWM P03490.002)
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