During a pause in the action members of No. 249 Sqn pose for the camera at Takali in August 1942. They are, front row from left to right, Plt Offs A. S. Yates, H. H. Moody and R. P. Round, Flg Off Lodge (Intelligence Officer), Flt Lt E. L. Hetherington, Wg Cdr J. M. Thompson (Takali Wing leader), Sqn Ldr R. A. Mitchell, Gp Capt W. K. Le May (Station Commander), Wg Cdr A. H. Donaldson (deputy Takali Wing leader), Flt Lts L. W. Watts and F.E. Jones and Plt Offs Seldon (Intelligence Officer), J. Lowery, O. M. Linton and C. S. G. De Nancrede. In the back row, again from left to right, are Flt Sgt J. G. Sanderson, Sgt M. I. Gass, Flt Sgt N. M. Park (No. 126 Sqn), Sgt V. H. Wynn, Sgt W. S. Shewell, Sgt R. W. Lamont, Flt Sgt B. Butler, Plt Off J. W. Williams, Flt Sgts L. G. C. de l’Ara and G. F. Beurling, Flt Lt A. F. Roscoe (No. 229 Sqn), Plt Off J. G. W. Farmer (No. 229 Sqn), Flt Sgt E. T. Hiskens, Sgt A. E. Budd, Plt Off R. Seed and Flt Sgt Morgan (groundcrew NCO). Note the 51° Stormo emblem in front of Sqn Ldr Mitchell and Gp Capt Le May, which had been souvenired from a downed C.202. (Author)
Photo and caption featured in Spitfire V vs C.202 Folgore: Malta 1942 (Duel Book 60) by Donald Nijboer
