P01797.003 Accession Number: P01797.003

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Port Moresby, Papua, 1942-02-28. A thick pall of smoke rises from a RAAF Consolidated Catalina aircraft, burning at its mooring in Port Moresby harbour after being hit by a bomb during a Japanese air raid. (Donor T. Tait)

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Accession Number
P01797.003
Photographer
Sergeant James Tait
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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