New Guinea. To clean mud, dirt and oil from engines and fuselage of aircraft returning from ...

Accession Number 016777
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 31 March 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

New Guinea. To clean mud, dirt and oil from engines and fuselage of aircraft returning from combat, the job is done efficiently and quickly with steam and soapy water compressed and sprayed on the aircraft. Spraying the Douglas C47 Dakota is Private (Pte) Irving Gerber of Brooklyn.