NEA0572 Accession Number: NEA0572

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Cairns, Qld. 1944-09-26. Portrait of Flight Lieutenant N. J. Lennon of Kensington, NSW, who is now captain of a Martin PBM Mariner flying boat in No. 41 (Transport Sea) Squadron RAAF. Aged thirty three years, he has spent seventeen years in aviation. He entered civil aviation as a trainee engineer. Later he became a pilot, and did much pre-war flying in New Guinea.

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Accession Number
NEA0572
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Acetate
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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