SUK11554 Accession Number: SUK11554

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London, England. C. 1943-09. Items in the RAAF War Collection in Britain include a French-type incendiary bomb adapted by the Germans, an instrument panel from a Junkers 88 shot down on 8 May 1943 by 408667 Sergeant R. S. Williams of Hawthorn, Vic, and an Italian oxygen mask captured at Castel Benito during Allied advance. They are being examined by 6971 Flight Sergeant J. Hendry of Brisbane, Qld, visitor to the exhibition at RAAF Overseas Headquarters. The instrument panel is preserved in the Australian War Memorial's collection as RELAWM34731.

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Accession Number
SUK11554
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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