NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-03. RAAF AND AMERICAN AERODROME CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Noemfoor Island
Accession Number OG1338
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-03. RAAF AND AMERICAN AERODROME CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS LOOK ON WHILE PARATROOPS OF THE 503RD PARATRAOOP REGIMENT, US ARMY, GLIDE TO EARTH ON KAMIRI AIRSTRIP. THEY WERE DROPPED BY THE DOUGLAS TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT IN THE BACKGROUND.