A Wellington bomber of 458 Squadron (Sqn), RAAF, with the call sign 'J' for Johnny displaying a ...

Place Middle East
Accession Number MEC2658
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Date made c 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A Wellington bomber of 458 Squadron (Sqn), RAAF, with the call sign 'J' for Johnny displaying a large section of nose art depicting a map of Australia and New Zealand which has been over painted with a large Kookaburra holding a tiki in it's beak. 458 Sqn operated throughout North Africa and Italy during the Second World War.