Squadron Leader G A Butler, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Commanding Officer of No. 11 Squadron RAF, stands by the nose of his Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC at Sinthe, Burma. Note Butler's personal insignia on the nose of the aircraft. IWM (CF 559)
Flight Lieutenant C L F "Jimmy" Talalla of No. 122 Squadron RAF, standing in front of his North American Mustang Mark III at B12/ Ellon, Normandy 6 August 1944. Born of Singhalese parents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, Talalla joined the RAF in 1941 and served as a sergeant pilot with No. 118 Squadron RAF, flying Supermarine Spitfires, before being commissioned in 1942. He joined 122 Squadron as a flight commander in 1944 and finished the war having shot down 5 enemy aircraft. His brother, Warrant Officer H C B Talalla, a Hawker Typhoon pilot serving with No. 182 Squadron RAF, was killed in action, over the Falaise area on 25 July 1944. IWM (CL 674)
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