SEA0179 Accession Number: SEA0179

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Monywa, Central Burma. 17/18 March 1945. 401140 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Peter McMillan of Inverleigh, via Geelong, Vic, commander of the first flight of Hurricane aircraft of No. 20 Squadron RAF to be equipped with rockets in Burma. Flt Lt McMillan who has served with this squadron for three and a half years, spent nearly six months as a visual control pilot with a ground column in the second Wingate expedition behind the Japanese lines in Burma.

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Accession Number
SEA0179
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Acetate
Format: 3x4"
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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