Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, Eagle Farm |
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Accession Number | P01097.002 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Place made | Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, Eagle Farm |
Date made | c 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
CREW CHIEF, STAFF SERGEANT ROBERT F. HENDRIKSEN SUPERVISES THE FINAL ENGINE CHECK OF A MITSUBISHI ...
Description
CREW CHIEF, STAFF SERGEANT ROBERT F. HENDRIKSEN SUPERVISES THE FINAL ENGINE CHECK OF A MITSUBISHI A6M3, NAVY TYPE O MODEL 32 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT BEFORE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REBUILT BY THE TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE UNIT (TAIU) IN HANGAR 7 AT EAGLE FARM AND WAS FLOWN BY CAPTAIN WILLIAM O. FARRIER, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE, THE FIRST TAIU TEST PILOT. ALLIED CODE NAMES FOR THIS AIRCRAFT TYPE WERE HAP, HAMP AND ZEKE 32, ALTHOUGH THE MITSUBISHI TYPE A6M AIRCRAFT WAS UNIVERSALLY KNOWN AS A ZERO.