NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. A VULTEE VENGEANCE DIVE BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 21 SQUADRON RAAF ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Lae Markham River Area, Nadzab
Accession Number OG0681
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original acetate
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. A VULTEE VENGEANCE DIVE BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 21 SQUADRON RAAF TAXIING TO ITS DISPERSAL BAY AFTER A DIVE BOMBING RAID ON JAPANESE POSITIONS, WITH RIGGERS SITTING ON WINGS TO GUIDE PILOT WHILE TAXIING. THE DIVE BOMBER BRAKES ARE IN THE UP POSITION TO GIVE THE RIGGERS A GRIP IN THE SLIPSTREAM.