DOWA DOWA, MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-20. CROSS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF SQUADRON LEADER ...

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Accession Number 069948
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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DOWA DOWA, MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-20. CROSS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF SQUADRON LEADER PETER TURNBULL, DFC, COMMANDING OFFICER, 76 SQUADRON, RAAF , WHO WAS KILLED 1942-08-27 (GRAVE MARKER IS INCORRECT) WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE JUNGLE DURING A STRAFING RUN AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES DURING THE BATTLE FOR MILNE BAY. AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY, NO. 3 AIRSTRIP WAS RENAMED, TURNBULL FIELD.