LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-04. REMAINS OF A WRECKED JAPANESE ZERO AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND AT THE ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 057944
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Irving, Robert Bruce
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-04. REMAINS OF A WRECKED JAPANESE ZERO AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND AT THE AIRSTRIP IN THE 4TH AUSTRALIAN BASE AREA. NOTE THE TWIGS THAT HAVE BEEN STUCK ON THE FUSELAGE FOR CAMOUFLAGE IN CASE ENEMY AIRCRAFT FLEW OVER BEFORE SALVAGE HAD BEEN COMPLETED.