Accession Number | HOBJ0985 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Hobson, Phillip Oliver |
Place made | Japan: Iwakuni |
Date made | July 1950 |
Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Three unidentified 77 Squadron RAAF ground crew work on the cockpit of a P51 Mustang. The ...
Description
Three unidentified 77 Squadron RAAF ground crew work on the cockpit of a P51 Mustang. The aircraft has a wing commander's pennant on the side, so is probably the Mustang of Wing Commander L T Spence, Commanding Officer of 77 Squadron. The aircraft are being prepared for take off on the Squadron's first mission in support of the United Nations in South Korea. War in Korea caused suspension in June 1950 of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force's (BCOF) projected withdrawal from Japan. For the first time in the occupation, BCOF men went into action.