A canvas suncover shields the perspex canopy of a RAAF Canberra aircraft while it sits in the ...

Accession Number P01961.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Official United States Air Force Photographer
Place made Vietnam
Date made c. 1969
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A canvas suncover shields the perspex canopy of a RAAF Canberra aircraft while it sits in the revetments. Note the aircraft's distinctive plexiglass nosecone and the escape hatch (behind the pilot's canopy) which indicates the windowless space where the navigator sat. During a visual strike the navigator crawled forward past the pilot and lay in the nose section while using the bombsight. (Donor B.E.S. Williamson)