Portrait of 422085 Aircraftman (later Flight Lieutenant (Fl Lt)) John William (Jack) Shipman, Air ...

Accession Number P03522.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of 422085 Aircraftman (later Flight Lieutenant (Fl Lt)) John William (Jack) Shipman, Air Gunner 100 Squadron RAAF, of Perth, WA, and 422062 Francis Owen (Frank) Smith of Manilla, NSW. Smith, Shipman, 415636 Harry John Fowler and 406817 Arthur Geoffrey Waite, were killed when their aircraft exploded due to a faulty bomb fuse on 13 March 1945 over New Guinea.