Archer, J S (Flying Officer, RAAF)

Unit	Royal Australian Air Force
Places	Oceania: New Guinea Oceania: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Northern Province, Gona
Accession Number	EXDOC139
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 ITEM
Object type	Documents
Location	Main Bld: Aircraft Hall: Main Hall: Wirra Ops
Maker	Archer, J S
Date made	1942
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM315 419/032/002
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945

Description

ARMY SIGNAL ADVISING THAT WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT HAS SHOT DOWN JAPANESE "ZERO" IN THE VICINITY OF GONA, 26 DEC, 1942. NB. PILOT OF WIRRAWAY LATER IDENTIFIED AS BEING J S ARCHER.

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