042269 Accession Number: 042269

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Australians who took part in the great raid on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe dams on the night of May 16/17 1943. Pictured L-R: Flight Lieutenant (FLTLT) R C Hay DFC; Pilot Officer (PO) C L Howard; FLTLT D J Shannon DFC; FLTLT J F Leggo DFC; PO F M Spafford DFM; FLTLT H B Martin DFC; PO L G Knight; Sergeant Kellow.

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Accession Number
042269
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Date Made
1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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