MOROTAI. 1945-01-09. CRASHED BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number P01167.041
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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MOROTAI. 1945-01-09. CRASHED BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON TAKE OFF DUE TO LOSS OF POWER IN THE STARBOARD ENGINE. PILOT OFFICER 416162 VICTOR ALFRED WHITE (PILOT) DIED OF INJURIES WHILE HIS NAVIGATOR, FLYING OFFICER D. E. LYONS, WAS UNINJURED.