SEA0029 Accession Number: SEA0029

Description

Digri, Bengal, India. 1944-11-28. Informal portrait of 418187 Flight Sergeant J. V. Shillito, RAAF of Murchison, Vic, a Mid-upper Gunner in No. 159 (Liberator) Squadron RAF operating over the Burma-Thailand front. He is seated in the turret of a Liberator aircraft.

Details

Accession Number

SEA0029

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Support: Nitrate
Format: 3x4"

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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