015701 Accession Number: 015701

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PARATROOPS LAND AT NADZAB. GUNNER DONNELLY ADJUSTS LANCE-BOMBARDIER WEBB'S PARACHUTE BEFORE THE AUSTRALIAN AIRBORNE ARTILLERYMEN AND THEIR GUNS - DISMANTLED AND ATTACHED TO PARACHUTES - JOIN THE TRANSPORT PLANES WHICH TOOK THEM OVER THE MARKHAM VALLEY. THE AUSTRALIAN PARATROOPS WERE TRAINED IN LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT, AND THEIR JUMP, WITH THOSE OF AMERICAN PARATROOPS PROVIDED ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR EPISODES OF THE NEW ALLIED MOVE. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).

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Accession Number
015701
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
15 September 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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