NWA0251 Accession Number: NWA0251

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Strauss, NT. 25 April 1943. Flying Officer (FO) David F. Evans of Boonah, Qld, a pilot of No. 452 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF examines an American V-44 survival knife. FO Evans is a long serving member of No. 452 Squadron RAAF, having flown operational sorties in Britain, during which time he participated in providing fighter cover for RAF bomber aircraft which attacked the German warships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

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Accession Number
NWA0251
Photographer
Department of Air
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Format: 3x4"
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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