KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. C. 1944-01. FLIGHT SERGEANT G. BENNEWITH OF FREMANTLE, WA, ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Accession Number OG0449
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. C. 1944-01. FLIGHT SERGEANT G. BENNEWITH OF FREMANTLE, WA, WHO WAS IN THE TURRET, AND HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE WHEN A PIECE OF SHRAPNEL SMASHED THE PERSPEX OF THIS BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT IN A NIGHT RAID ON TOBERA AERODROME IN THE RABAUL AREA, WITH HIS HEAD THROUGH THE HOLE. LEFT TO RIGHT: FLYING OFFICER J. W. WARREN OF ESSENDON, VIC, OBSERVER; FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) DAVID HITCHINS OF CRANBROOK, WA, PILOT; FLT SGT FRANK EDWARDS OF MT HAWTHORNE, WA, WIRELESS OPERATOR.