MEA1530 Accession Number: MEA1530

Description

Italy. c. 1944. RAAF Padre Fred McKay of Qld, who is serving with a RAAF Kittyhawk fighter bomber squadron in Italy, conducts a burial service for aircrew personnel of an RAF bomber group at an Italian cemetery near the town where these RAAF squadron are based.

Details

Accession Number
MEA1530
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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