AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. A NOSE PISTOL OF THE TYPE WHICH WAS FITTED BY RAAF ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak, Wewak Area
Accession Number OG3004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. A NOSE PISTOL OF THE TYPE WHICH WAS FITTED BY RAAF ARMOURERS TO JAPANESE BOMBS CAPTURED ON THE AIRSTRIP AT TADJI AND USED IN ATTACKS ON JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS IN THE WEWAK AREA. NOTE THE AUSTRALIAN PENNY ATTACHED TO THE NOSE PISTOL.