Accession Number | P03249.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white, Landscape |
Physical description | Black & white, Landscape |
Date made | c November 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Buheirat-Murrat-el-Kubra, Egypt. November 1941. The wreckage of the crashed Wellington U for ...
Description
Buheirat-Murrat-el-Kubra, Egypt. November 1941. The wreckage of the crashed Wellington U for Uncle of No. 148 Squadron RAF, at Landing Ground 60 on the edge of Great Bitter Lake on 6 November 1941. 404110 Pilot Officer (PO) Hugh McMaster, pilot, was killed in the crash aged twenty five. He is buried in the Fayid War Cemetery in Egypt.