TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-08. TAXIING OUT BEFORE TAKING OFF FROM A ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville
Accession Number OG3258
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-08. TAXIING OUT BEFORE TAKING OFF FROM A BOUGAINVILLE JUNGLE STRIP ON A TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SORTIE, 432800 FLYING OFFICER DOUG HILLIGER, MOSMAN, NSW, WITH (RIGHT) 71826 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) FRED JAMES, WEST PENNANT HILLS, NSW AND (LEFT) 136569 LAC PHIL DICKSON, NEWCASTLE, NSW, ON THE WING TIPS OF HIS BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 SQUADRON RAAF, SERIAL NO. 228.