026050 Accession Number: 026050

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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-07-27. AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER PILOTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN ACTION IN ENGLAND AND THE MIDDLE EAST, OVER MALTA AND MALAYA ARE NOW IN NEW GUINEA. HERE BAREBACKED AND SUNTANNED DIGGERS EAGERLY GREET SERGEANT-PILOT R.A. GRAY OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, AND PLY HIM WITH QUESTIONS ON HIS EXPERIENCES IN ENGLAND, WHERE HE SERVED WITH A FIGHTER SQUADRON.

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Accession Number

026050

Photographer

Lieutenant Thomas Fisher

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

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Whole

Item Count

1

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Copyright expired - public domain

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