Accession Number | P12424.086 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Informal group portrait. Identified left to right: 270530 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Edward ...
Description
Informal group portrait. Identified left to right: 270530 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Edward Hamilton Bell Jackson, 62739 Leading Aircraftman Stan McDonnell and Sqn Ldr John Francis Jackson, in front of a Tomahawk.
This image is from the collection of 493 Squadron Leader John Francis Jackson, DFC, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). A distinguished fighter pilot, Sqn Ldr Jackson served with No. 23 Squadron in Australia (1939), No. 3 Squadron in the Middle East (1940-1941), and No. 75 Squadron in Papua New Guinea (1942). He was killed in action on 28 April 1942 during a flying battle over Papua New Guinea and is buried in Bomana War Cemetery. Jackson International Airport, Port Moresby, commemorates him.