The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LETTER WRITTEN AFTER JACKSON WAS SHOT DOWN BETWEEN LAE AND SALAMAUA ON 10 APRIL, 1942. JACKSON TRYING TO GET A MESSAGE THROUGH TO HQ PORT MORESBY OR NGVR. HE PRAISES NATIVES OF NEW BRITAIN WHO ASSISTED HIM. JACKSON WAS LATER RESCUED BUT LATE IN APRIL 1942 WAS KILLED IN A FLYING BATTLE. SEVEN MILE AIRSTRIP AT MORESBY RENAMED JACKSON'S STRIP AFTER HIM
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 493 Flight Lieutenant John Francis Jackson DFC, No.3 and No.75 Squadrons, North Africa, Syria, and New Guinea, 1939-1942. Collection consists of
Informal portrait of 493 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) John Francis Jackson, No. 75 Squadron RAAF, in Port Moresby after hiking from Busama to Lae, Papua New Guinea. During a solo reconnaissance mission o
A Gloster Gladiator (serial no. K6142), nose to ground after being crashed by 493 Squadron Leader John Francis Jackson shortly after takeoff. This image is from the collection of 493 Squadron Leader
Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) John Francis Jackson, No. 3 Squadron RAAF, with the Gloster Gladiator (serial no. K6142) he crashed shortly after takeoff. This image is from the collection of 493 Squadron
493 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) John Francis Jackson, No. 23 Squadron RAAF, piloting a Wirraway aircraft (serial number A20-100). This image is from the collection of 493 Squadron Leader John Francis J
493 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) John Francis Jackson, No. 23 Squadron RAAF, flying a Wirraway aircraft. This image is from the collection of 493 Squadron Leader John Francis Jackson, DFC, Royal Austral
