P02639.001 Accession Number: P02639.001

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Australia. September 1941. 405814 Hudson Garth Ainslie RAAF, later of No. 111 Squadron RAF (right) looks at a map with a fellow trainee Bob ?. They are standing beside a Wirraway aircraft. Pilot Officer Ainslie was killed on 2 October 1944 when he was hit by an aircraft which crashed whilst landing at Florence, Italy. He is buried at the Florence British War Cemetery. (Donor P. Laughlin)

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Accession Number
P02639.001
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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