MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-03-25. THE GOVERNOR OF NSW, LORD ...

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Accession Number OG3308
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-03-25. THE GOVERNOR OF NSW, LORD WAKEHURST, CHATTING WITH THE AIR OFFICER COMMANDING THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE, RAAF, AIR COMMODORE A. H. COBBY CBE DSO DFC 2 BARS GM AND 250796 SQUADRON LEADER J. D. ENTWISTLE OF WESTBOURNE PARK, SA, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 22 (BEAUFIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF. OTHER BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OPERATING FROM THE AIRSTRIP ON WHICH LORD WAKEHURST IS STANDING WERE OVER CERAM IN THE PROCESS OF DESTROYING THREE JAPANESE BOMBERS ON THE GROUND.