AIRBORNE NEAR LINDENHAFEN, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-01-17. VIEW THROUGH THE NOSE OF A BEAUFORT BOMBER ...

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Accession Number OG0475
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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AIRBORNE NEAR LINDENHAFEN, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-01-17. VIEW THROUGH THE NOSE OF A BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 100 SQUADRON RAAF, PILOTED BY FLYING OFFICER ALAN HARRISON OF HUON, TAS, WITH FLYING OFFICER BOB TAYLOR OF BANGALOW, NSW, OBSERVER. A LARGE NUMBER OF OTHER BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT WHICH TOOK PART IN A MASSED DAYLIGHT RAID ON AN ENEMY CAMP AND DUMP AREA IN THE AMGEN RIVER NEAR LINDENHAFEN, NEW BRITAIN CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND.