NWA1026 Accession Number: NWA1026

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Darwin, NT. 1945-09. Crew members of a RAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft with some of the newly repatriated prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese whom they have just flown home. Left to right: Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) R. Peacock of Sydney, NSW (engineer); Private Brown and Corporal Williamson; Flt Lt (Flt Lt) R. A. Graham of Kingsford (Pilot); Staff Sergeant Lamb, and Flying Officer L. North (Wireless Air Gunner) of Brisbane, Qld.

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Accession Number
NWA1026
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
September 1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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