Place | Oceania: New Guinea1 |
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Accession Number | ART22743 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 47.3 x 39.6 cm (sight) |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | gouache on paper |
Maker |
Hodgkinson, Roy |
Place made | New Guinea1 |
Date made | 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Extraordinary incident
Description
Depicts a Japanese Zero being shot down by an Australian Wirraway, Pilot Officer J. S. Archer of No. 4 Army Co-Operational Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. The Wirraway was on a reconnaissance flight in the Sanananda area when the pilot sighted the Zero. The Zero was apparently unaware of the presence of the Australian plane, New Guinea.