Rangoon, Burma. 6 March 1942. The work of demolition parties as seen from the last aircraft to be ...

Accession Number P02491.173
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Brinkley, J L
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Rangoon, Burma. 6 March 1942. The work of demolition parties as seen from the last aircraft to be flown out. Smoke rises from charges set at a strategic site in Rangoon. The pilot was Sergeant R. P. Curtis of Manly, NSW, and the wireless operator-air gunner Sergeant J. L. Brinkley of Cottesloe, WA, who took this photograph. Portion of their Blenheim aircraft is at the left of the picture.

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