7 mile drome

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number ART29902
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 17.6 x 25.3 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil and watercolour on paper
Maker Ashton, Richard
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 3 April 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

A view of the south-east end of 7 mile drome, New Guinea, with several aircraft on the ground. Located to the north of Port Moresby, seven miles from town, the aerodrome was first used by the Royal Australian Air Force 75th Squadron in 1942 for the defence of Port Moresby.