MEC1116 Accession Number: MEC1116

Description

Informal portrait of 401283 Flying Officer (later Flight Lieutenant), Humphrey Arthur Cecil (Slim) Jowett of 450 Squadron, RAAF, at Kairouan, Tunisia, standing in front of a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft wearing nose art depicting a boxing kangaroo. The ground crew members (centre and right) are unidentified.

Details

Accession Number
MEC1116
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Brand: Kodak - Panatomic X
Date Made
May 1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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