MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C. 1942-10. A DAMAGED HUDSON BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 6 SQUADRON RAAF WHICH HAD ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay
Accession Number OG0061G
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C. 1942-10. A DAMAGED HUDSON BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 6 SQUADRON RAAF WHICH HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF WHICH WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON THE MUDDY GURNEY AIRSTRIP. IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE STARBOARD ENGINE OF THE BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD BEEN TORN OFF IN THE COLLISION.