NWA0983 Accession Number: NWA0983

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Darwin, NT. c. September 1945. Survivors coming ashore in a RAAF launch, no. 011-12, with a crew of a Catalina aircraft of No. 42 Squadron RAAF, after they had been picked up from a Japanese hospital. The survivors were from the United States Army Air Force flying in a Douglas C47 transport aircraft which crashed into the sea. Washed ashore on Jamdena Island in the Tanimbar Group, the survivors were Captain Otto Leipske of Waukesha, Wisconsin, pilot; Lieutenant Howie Crothers of Little Rock, Arkansas, 2nd pilot; Captain John Rodof of Tulsex, Oklahoma, a passenger; Sergeant Frank Termin of Borger, Texas, radio operator; and Corporal Eugene Janicker of Cameron, Texas, an engineer.

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Accession Number
NWA0983
Photographer
Department of Air
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
c September 1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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