SEA0250A Accession Number: SEA0250A

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Australian and New Zealand airmen serving with No. 273 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF, enjoy sight-seeing in the recaptured city of Rangoon. Left to right, 420095 WO Mark Wood, RAAF of Fairfield West, NSW, 410045 Warrant Officer (WO) R. N. (Bob) Dutneall, RAAF of Kew, Vic, 412991 WO L. J. Masters, RAAF of Swansea, NSW, WO T. Holland Trusler, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) of Ponsonby, Auckland, Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Rex Lawlor, RNZAF of Palmerston North, NZ, Flt Sgt Hugh McIntyre, RNZAF of Fielding, NZ, WO H. G. Irons, RNZAF of Island Bay, Wellington, NZ, before a huge stone 'Chinthi', the national emblem of Burma, in the grounds of the Shwe Dagon pagoda.

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Accession Number
SEA0250A
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Acetate
Format: 3x4"
Date Made
19 May 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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