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Rangoon, Burma. 19 May 1945. RAAF pilots in No. 273 Squadron, the first RAF Spitfire squadron to be based on Rangoon after its recapture seized the first opportunity of sight-seeing in the shattered city. Left to right, 410045 Warrant Officer (WO) R. N. (Bob) Dutneall of Kew, Vic, 412991 WO L. J. Masters of Swansea, NSW, 420095 WO Mark Wood of Fairfield West, NSW, admire fantastic shrines, each enclosing an image of Buddha, which stand beneath the towering gold spire of the Shwe Dagon pagoda, most famous Buddhist shrine in the world.
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Support: Nitrate
Format: 120 (roll film)
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