P02257.086 Accession Number: P02257.086

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Muschu Island, New Guinea, 1945-06-12. Aerial view, taken at an altitude of 4,000 feet from a United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Consolidated B-24 Liberator, showing a plantation of, mainly, tropical palm trees with (at top) some huts and a road or track. The aircraft is on a reconnaissance mission to Muschu Island from No. 163 Crew Replacement and Training Center at Nadzab airfield. The island was still in Japanese hands at this time.

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Accession Number
P02257.086
Photographer
Allen Griffiths
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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