NEW GUINEA. A CLOSE UP VIEW OF SERGEANT JACK MADDEN OF STANMORE, SYDNEY, NSW, OF THE ...

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Accession Number 016632
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Bagnall, Frank N
Place made New Guinea
Date made 6 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. A CLOSE UP VIEW OF SERGEANT JACK MADDEN OF STANMORE, SYDNEY, NSW, OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SECTION WITH WIND VELOCITY INSTRUMENT TAKING READINGS AT AN ADVANCED AIRSTRIP. THE DIRECTION AND FORCE OF THE WIND IS ACCURATELY MAPPED BY FOLLOWING THE FLIGHT OF A HYDROGEN-FILLED BALLOON OFTEN TO 30,000 FEET.