P00712.053 Accession Number: P00712.053

Description

Corporal Harold Reynolds Johnson, a mechanic with No. 451 Squadron RAAF, standing beside the squadron's Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII MT687. The aircraft is parked in front of a hangar at the airfield at Cuers, near Toulon in southern France. (Donor M. Johnson)

Details

Accession Number

P00712.053

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Date Made

October 1944

Place Made

Cuers

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Units

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