NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-29. PORTRAIT OF 418748 FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) E. L. ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Noemfoor Island
Accession Number OG1733
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. 1944-10-29. PORTRAIT OF 418748 FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) E. L. HART, GEELONG, VIC, WHO STEPS OUT OF HIS KITTYHAWK FIGHTER-BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 78 SQUADRON RAAF ON HIS RETURN FROM A STRIKE OVER ENEMY TERRITORY. FLT SGT HART WHO IS FLYING FROM AN ADVANCED RAAF OPERATIONAL BASE IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA, IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST FIGHTER PILOTS IN THE AREA.