MEA1495 Accession Number: MEA1495

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402781 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Lance Neville Ahern DSO DFC, a member of No. 451 Squadron RAAF, of Taree, NSW, poses by the side of his damaged Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft. Flt Lt Ahern flew 100 miles back to base in the damaged aircraft following engagement with a formation of Focke-Wulf 190's.

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Accession Number
MEA1495
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
c 1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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