NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-03. 411271 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT D. BAKER, MANLY, NSW, A ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Noemfoor Island
Accession Number OG1739
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. 1944-11-03. 411271 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT D. BAKER, MANLY, NSW, A PILOT OF NO. 78 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF AT NOEMFOOR WHO HAD TO FLY 180 MILES BACK TO HIS BASE WHEN HIS STARBOARD ELEVATOR WAS SHOT AWAY BY ENEMY ACK-ACK, INSPECTS THE DAMAGE WITH HIS FLIGHT RIGGER 34398 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN F. CHALMERS, KOGARAH, NSW (LEFT).