Damaged Zero Belly tanks captured at Waga Waga

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Accession Number ART23491
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 27.9 x 38 cm; image: 27.9 x 38 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour on prepared artists board
Maker Dargie, William
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Date made 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The Japanese were so confident of capturing Milne Bay that they landed from the sea large numbers of these belly tanks for use on planes as soon as they were required.