Portrait of 411756 Pilot Officer William A de Salis at the controls of his Lockheed Hudson ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number 026587
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Fisher, Thomas
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Date made September 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

Portrait of 411756 Pilot Officer William A de Salis at the controls of his Lockheed Hudson aircraft (A16-246) of 6 Squadron RAAF during a mission. Although the Squadron was based at Horn Island, de Salis's crew were part of a detachment of 6 Squadron Hudsons reinforcing Milne Bay.