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Picture from 1955

Thanks to Roy Lawton 3146287, for this photograph from May 1955 of No.8 Flight.

Roy identifies people on the photograph as follows;
Second row from the top of the left of the pic; No's 2 & 3 are both from Bristol. No.6 is Tony from Morecambe. No.9 from Birmingham. No.10 an unsmiling Roy Lawton from Coventry. No.11 a smiling Joe Beadon from Liverpool.
On the third row from the bottom; No.9 from the right of the picture is Ron Haggerty.
Finally, on the second row from the bottom; the smaller of the two senior men is Derek Ward from Lancaster.
Also on the pic are; T. Karburs, J. Hedges, Barry Ingleby, N.T.Hill, R.Gay, A.S.Housley, R.Kettle, H.Kennedy, A.Hutchinson, D.Vass, C.P.Gauld, R.Hills, B.Jones, W.Leach, B.W.Kemp, Tony Kay, C.A.Lawson.
 
Eric Pugh has since also identified himself as being seated on the front row, 5th from the right.
 
Ex Cpl Reg Hearle 3520224 has also been in touch. He says ".... I think the NCO on the right is CPL Ansell who was from Birmingham. I think his first name was Ronald and he drove a MG sports car, he also kept an alsatian dog on camp."

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