SEA0108 Accession Number: SEA0108

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Dhubalia, Bengal, India. 13 January 1945. One of the many RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 215 Squadron RAF which took part in the heaviest raid of the south east Asia war, on Mandalay, takes off from a Bengal airfield. A number of such aircraft have RAAF members in their crew.

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Accession Number
SEA0108
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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