During the campaign in Malaya, preparations were being made behind the lines to prevent equipment ...

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Accession Number 011475
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Malaya
Date made c January 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

During the campaign in Malaya, preparations were being made behind the lines to prevent equipment from falling into the hands of the advancing Japanese troops. At a Netherlands fighter squadron, a Javanese member of the ground staff closes one of the gun-bay panels on a Dutch Brewster Buffalo fighter.