NEW GUINEA. LAE. AREA. AMERICAN KITTYHAWK PILOT LIEUT. J. THORVALDSON OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, AND ...

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Accession Number 015902
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Military History Section
Place made New Guinea: Lae
Date made 2 October 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

NEW GUINEA. LAE. AREA. AMERICAN KITTYHAWK PILOT LIEUT. J. THORVALDSON OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, AND THE RUBBER BOAT ON WHICH HE FLOATED DOWN THE MARKHAM RIVER FROM THE JUNCTION OF THE WHAFFER RIVER TO NADZAB AFTER HE HAD MADE A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A SINGLE HANDED DOGFIGHT WITH FOUR ZEROS. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES).