051339 Accession Number: 051339

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LANGWARRIN, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 1943-05-02. A WIRELESS SET THAT HAS BEEN DROPPED FROM AN AIRCRAFT TRAVELLING AT A HEIGHT OF 150 FEET AND A SPEED OF 100 MILES PER HOUR IN AN EXPERIMENT IN SUPPLY DROPPING FROM THE AIR INTO A SUSPENDED NET, IS UNLOADED FROM ITS CONTAINER BY MAJOR H.G. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE (RIGHT), WHO INSTIGATED THE EXPERIMENTS. CORPORAL SKINNER IS ON THE LEFT AND CAPTAIN R.S. STRANAGHAN, STAFF CAPTAIN, DIRECTORATE OF SALVAGE AT REAR.

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051339
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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