P02850.002 Accession Number: P02850.002

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Members of No. 4 (Wirraway) Squadron, RAAF with the Wirraway (A20-103) aircraft that Pilot Officer John S (Jack) Archer was flying when he shot down a Japanese Zero aircraft. Joe Booker is pointing to a Japanese flag that was painted on the nose of the aircraft to commemorate shooting down the Zero. Next to the flag are three bombs painted on the nose, indicating how many missions the aircraft has flown. Note the other nose art, a cartoon with the word "Ugh!" painted next to it. This aircraft is now held in the Australian War Memorial's Collection. Post-war investigations discovered that the Japanese aircraft shot down was in fact a Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar and not an A6M2 'Zero'.

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Accession Number
P02850.002
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c January 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor J. Griffiths
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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