MEA0197 Accession Number: MEA0197

Description

Malta. July 1943. Informal portrait of 404604 Flying Officer Jack C. Doyle DSO DFC, No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF of Longreach, Qld, who took part in the Tunisian campaign in the cockpit of his aircraft just before take off for an operation over Sicily.

Details

Accession Number

MEA0197

Photographer

Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Nitrate

Date Made

July 1943

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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