SUK13893 Accession Number: SUK13893

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Burma. C. 1945-03. Warrant Officer (WO) Creighton Jewkes of Nova Scotia, Canada, mid-upper gunner (left), and WO Langley Brasier of Boggabri, NSW, rear gunner (right) tell Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Rowley DFM of Doncaster, England (centre), the skipper of their RAF Liberator aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, how they shot down a Japanese "oscar" fighter during an air attack on Rangoon on 1945-02-11.

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Accession Number
SUK13893
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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