A flame throwing Matilda 'frog' tank of 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment (AAR) fires a jet of ...

Accession Number P04266.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker United States Army Signal Corps
Place made Borneo, Borneo: Balikpapan
Date made 2 July 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A flame throwing Matilda 'frog' tank of 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment (AAR) fires a jet of flame at a Japanese position during the Oboe 2 operation. The tank's crew have named it 'Devil' and painted this on its side.

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