070125 Accession Number: 070125

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Members of No 4 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) arranged comforts given by American Units of the Gusap area, Ramu Valley, for air drop to men of the 7th Division over the Christmas period 1943. A total of 67 containers, each containing 200 lbs of supplies, were delivered. Pictured here are ground crew members of No$ Squadron loading a supply drop container onto the bomb rack of a Wirraway aircraft.

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Accession Number
070125
Photographer
Lieutenant Norman Bradford Stuckey
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
2 January 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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