UK2431 Accession Number: UK2431

Description

Members of No. 454 Squadron RAAF, after flying for several hours over the sea while on an anti-submarine patrol, found plenty of water still about them when they returned to their flooded airfield in the desert. Left to right, beside their Martin Baltimore aircraft are: Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) V. C. Mitchell of Kyogle, NSW; Flying Officer J. C. Clough of Wagga, NSW; Flt Sgt H. Worboys of Gunbowen, Vic; Flt Sgt L. Holley of Revesby, NSW. A full frame version of this image is held at MEB0057.

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Accession Number
UK2431
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c November 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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