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Accession Number | OG0377 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Harrison, John Thomas |
Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands |
Date made | c December 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
250283 Wing Commander (Wg Cmdr) James Gibson Emerton, the Commanding Officer of No 22 (Boston) ...
Description
250283 Wing Commander (Wg Cmdr) James Gibson Emerton, the Commanding Officer of No 22 (Boston) Squadron RAAF, climbs from the cockpit of the aircraft, coded DU-K, RAAF serial No. A28-9, on completion of a sweep over New Britain. Wg Cmdr Emerton was lost on operations over New Britain on 30 January 1944 and is buried in the Rabaul War Cemetery.