017253 Accession Number: 017253

Description

New Guinea. Knocked out without a chance of firing on the Allied invasion forces, this camouflaged Japanese coastal gun was put out of action when a Liberator aircraft dropped a bomb eight feet from the gun. In the foreground is a bomb crater. A tent is pitched in the background. At left is a US photographer.

Details

Accession Number
017253
Photographer
Acting Corporal Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim) Fitzpatrick MBE
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
9 June 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession 017253

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