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Interview with Lachie McBean
Lachie McBean grew up in Australia and joined the Royal Australian Air Force when he was 18. He was a pilot at a Heavy Conversion Unit when the war in Europe ended. After the war he returned to Australia and became a farmer. He also took the…
Pilot in front of woods
Head and shoulders portrait of Lachie McBean, wearing battledress with pilot's brevet and peaked cap standing by a wooden fence in the snow. In the background trees. Captioned 'Behind the Billets, Castle Combe'.
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Castle Combe
Pilot with bicycle
Full length portrait of a man wearing battledress with pilot's brevet standing holding a bicycle to the left of a road sign for Castle Combe. Captioned 'Geoff Maitland'.
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Castle Combe
Pilot alongside a Tiger Moth
Man wearing flying boots, helmet and parachute standing with his left leg on lower port wing of a two seat, single engine bi-plane. Captioned 'Geoff Maitland, Clyffe Pypard - Wiltshire'.
Man standing in snow
On the left a man wearing battledress and peaked cap standing in snow looking out over a valley with trees. Captioned 'Overlooking the snow covered valley - Castle Combe'.
Tags: RAF Castle Combe
Kensington Gardens
Open parkland with sheep grazing. Tree on left and trees in the background. Captioned 'Kensington Gardens'.
Tags: animal
Five aircrew
Five aircrew all wearing tunics, three with side caps and one with peaked cap. Second from right is Lachie McBean with pilot's brevet. All others have half brevet and four are smoking cigarettes. In the background left a Nissen hut and behind the…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; navigator; Nissen hut; pilot
Six aircrew in front of Nissen hut
Six aircrew all wearing battledress and side caps, three standing and three squatting down. Lachie McBean with pilot's brevet is centre rear row. In the background a Nissen hut.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; navigator; Nissen hut; pilot
Four aircrew
Four aircrew standing in line all wearing battledress. Lachie McBean with pilot's brevet is second from left holding a three handled tankard. Man second from right has arms round shoulders of the two men either side. In the background left part of a…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; navigator; Nissen hut; pilot
Five aircrew on bicycles
Five aircrew all wearing battledress sitting on stationary bicycles in a row with hands on each others shoulders. Lachie McBean is second from right with pilot's brevet. In the background a Nissen hut.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; navigator; Nissen hut; pilot
Pilot and air gunner
Head and shoulders portrait of two men both wearing tunics. Lachie McBean on the left wearing pilots brevet and peaked cap. Man on right wears sergeant rank, air gunner brevet and side cap. Both are holding cigarettes. In the background a Nissen…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Nissen hut; pilot
Navigator on bicycle
Man wearing battledress with navigator brevet sitting on a bicycle alongside a Nissen hut. He has a cigarette in his mouth. Another Nissen hut in the background.
Tags: aircrew; navigator; Nissen hut
Bomb aimer in doorway
A man wearing battledress with bomb aimers brevet and side cap standing in a doorway.
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer