PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-16. REPAIRED UNDERCARRIAGE OF A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number P01716.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-16. REPAIRED UNDERCARRIAGE OF A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY TOM FRENCH, NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. HE AND LIEUTENANT SNOOKS OF AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU) HAD REPAIRED THE AIRCRAFT WITH COPPER WIRE AND BRANCHES FROM MANGROVE TREES ON THE BEACH WHERE IT HAD BEEN DAMAGED IN THE SAND. THEY THEN SUCCESSFULLY FLEW THE HASTILY REPAIRED AIRCRAFT TO PORT MORESBY. (DONOR D. THATCHER)