Five Airmen

Five Airmen

John Taplin and fellow crew members. They are standing in front of a Nissen hut. On the reverse they have signed their names. An additional note states 'LR (Rear Gunner) Waite Dad [circled, John Taplin], Gordon (Nav) Black'.

One b/w photograph and one handwritten note

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B G Howe (Gordon) Navigator [missing words]
W A Black. Blackie Skipps
John Taplin. (Yappy) 1st Wop
Jimmy Waite Bomb Aimer 1st Class 2nd Pilot 2nd WOP. 2nd Engineer, 2nd Nav Front Gunner, Photographer
Norman Dick [indecipherable name] Rear Gunner, body guard Chief binder otherwise just ballast.

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[underlined] L R [/underlined]

(Rear) Gunner [underlined] Waite [/underlined] [circled] DAD [/circled] [underlined] Gordon [/underlined] (Nav) [underlined] Black [/underlined]