MEA1951 Accession Number: MEA1951

Description

St Catherines, Corsica, France. 15 August 1944. 408519 (later O34054) Flying Officer George Herbert Purdy of Carnegie, Vic, brings the Gaggle Board of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF in Corsica, up to date on D-Day (15 August 1944). Looking on is 420520 Warrant Officer J. A. Barrington of Randwick, NSW.

Details

Accession Number
MEA1951
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
15 August 1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession MEA1951

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