Japanese seaplane tender the 'Nanyei Maru'. In December 1940 the Japanese commenced test flights ...

Accession Number P10802.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made East Timor: Dili
Date made 22 January 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Japanese seaplane tender the 'Nanyei Maru'. In December 1940 the Japanese commenced test flights for an air service operating between Palau and Dili, the capital of Portuguese Timor. This photograph was taken after the Nanyei (or Nanei) Maru arrived in Dili on 22 January 1941, the day prior to the arrival of the flying boat that marked the third experimental Japanese flight.

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