P03119.017 Accession Number: P03119.017

Description

This is the right hand image of a two part panorama of P-51D aircraft of 77 Squadron RAAF all parked in several rows on the tarmac in front of the maintenance hangar at Iwakuni. This photograph marked their return from nine months of intensive operations in Korea. After a short break, their pilots converted to Gloster Meteor Mk 8 jet fighters marking the end of piston-engined fighter aircraft in the RAAF. The left hand image is P03119.016. See P03119.033 for the combined image.

Details

Accession Number
P03119.017
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
7 April 1951
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Cresswell
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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