Photograph collection related to 410008 Flying Officer Victor Henry Neal DFC, 460 Squadron, RAAF

Accession Number AWM2017.765.2.2
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made 1942 - 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

Portrait of 410008 Flying Officer Victor Henry Neal DFC, 460 Squadron, RAAF and an unidetified colleague posing in the cockpit of 460 Squadron's Avro Lancaster aircraft nicknamed "K2 Killer". The aircraft features distinctive nose art depicting a hand stabbing a knife through a swastika. 25 knife icons have been painted on the aircraft, indicating that it had flown 25 missions at the time the photograph was taken.

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