NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) JACK SUTHERLAND OF SUTHERLAND SHIRE, SCOTLAND, ADDS ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland
Accession Number 014989
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Dick, Harold George
Place made Australia: Northern Territory
Date made 11 June 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) JACK SUTHERLAND OF SUTHERLAND SHIRE, SCOTLAND, ADDS ANOTHER "NIP" TO A PIECE OF JAP ZERO WHICH HANGS IN THE OFFICERS' MESS AT A SPITFIRE SQUADRON IN A NORTHERN AREA. THE WING TIP WAS TAKEN FROM A SHOT DOWN ZERO. A NIP OF WHISKEY IS ADDED FOR EACH JAP PLANE WHICH IS BROUGHT DOWN BY THE SQUADRON. WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN 10 "NIPS" HAD BEEN CHALKED UP. THE TWO BLACK SWANS ON THE WING TIP REPRESENT THE SWANS THAT DR. EVATT SENT TO WINSTON CHURCHILL. BESIDE THE "NIP" SCORE BOARD IS THE RAF CREST. THE PAINTING WAS DONE BY LAC SUTHERLAND. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).