HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-26. REMAINS OF A KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT WHICH CRASHED IN A RIVER BED. ...

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Accession Number 059272
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Irving, Robert Bruce
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-26. REMAINS OF A KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT WHICH CRASHED IN A RIVER BED. INJURED PILOT WAS LOOKED AFTER BY NATIVES AND SENT ON TO LAE. THE NATIVES THEN CAMOUFLAGED THE PLANE WITH PALM LEAVES.