MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. NAKED MEN, LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) LAC K. W. GILL, SYDNEY, NSW ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number OG0571
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. NAKED MEN, LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) LAC K. W. GILL, SYDNEY, NSW (LEFT) AND LAC H. HARDIE, KOGARAH, NSW, WASHING A FILM IN A JUNGLE STREAM AFTER IT WAS DEVELOPED IN TOTAL DARKNESS. THE FILM WAS EXPOSED IN AN OPERATIONAL MISSION BY A P38 LOCKHEED LIGHTNING PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT ATTACHED TO NO. 75 (FIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF.