NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-23. AN AUSTRALIAN-BUILT ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number OG3396
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

NEAR MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-23. AN AUSTRALIAN-BUILT BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT, CODE NAME EH-M, SERIAL NO. A8-20, OF NO. 31 SQUADRON RAAF FLOWN BY PILOT 415188 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT S. R. T. SIPPE, IN FLIGHT RETURNING FROM A ROCKET ATTACK ON LOLOBATA, A JAPANESE POST IN THE HALMAHERAS.