"No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force Operations in Russia, September-november 1941" RAF airmen lower the coffin of Sergeant Pilot N H Smith of No. 81 Squadron RAF (left) into his grave at the Russian naval cemetery, Severomorsk. Smith, killed in action on 12 September 1941, was the first RAF casualty in Russia. Behind his cortege, also awaiting burial, is the coffin of one of two airmen of No. 134 Squadron RAF, who were both killed in an accident at Vaenga on 27 September. A firing party of Soviet sailors stands by (right) to give the salute.