Accession Number | P11782.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | 1944-1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Informal portrait of 438726 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Dennis Geoffrey Featherstone, No. 24 ...
Description
Informal portrait of 438726 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Dennis Geoffrey Featherstone, No. 24 Squadron, RAAF. This was the last photograph taken of him whilst home on leave. Flt Sgt Featherstone was killed in air operations over Borneo on 2 July 1945.
This photograph was enclosed in a collection of letters written to the family of 430751 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Arthur James Hogg, by the parents of the other members of the flight crew killed when their aircraft, Liberator A72-64, was hit by enemy fire and crashed near Balikpapan, Borneo, on 2 July 1945. The photograph was enclosed with a letter from Mr Featherstone to Mr Hogg, dated 3 June 1946.