General Douglas Macarthur’s silver painted Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Bataan” at Canberra ...

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Accession Number 129748
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Date made c March 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

General Douglas Macarthur’s silver painted Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Bataan” at Canberra airfield. The aircraft carried a map of Bataan on the fuselage as a reminder of a promise to return to the Philippines.