016792 Accession Number: 016792

Description

Two RAAF pilots, attached to 528 Liberator Squadron , Headquarters, NW Area, USAAF, (formerly 2 Squadron, RAAF Hudson aircraft pilots), 406484 Flying Officer Alan Hawkesford DFC, of Subiaco, WA (right) signing a hat and 407161 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Neil Thomson Badger DFC , of Adelaide, SA (left). Flt Lt Badger was lost on operations over Dutch New Guinea on 8 May 1944, and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Lae Memorial in Papua New Guinea

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Accession Number
016792
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1 April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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