View from RAAF Headquarters, Port Moresby, of the “near miss” bombing of MV Wanaka by Japanese ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number 129812
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Place made Papua: Port Moresby
Date made 19 March 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

View from RAAF Headquarters, Port Moresby, of the “near miss” bombing of MV Wanaka by Japanese aircraft in Fairfax Harbour. MV Wanaka was taken over by the Australian Government during the period 1942 to 1946 for service with the RAAF as a supply ship..