Cool concentration shows in every line of the face of 406559 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Edward ...

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Accession Number OG3361
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Place made New Guinea1: Wewak
Date made 20 January 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Cool concentration shows in every line of the face of 406559 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Edward Manton Christensen, while he was leading a flight of Beaufort Bomber aircraft of No. 100 Squadron RAAF in for a bombing run over the Wewak area. Flt Lt Christensen, originally a grocery store manager of Northam, WA, was lost on operations three days later on 23 January when another aircraft A9-626 collided with A9-627 (Christensen's aircraft).