BREWSTER BUFFALO FIGHTER, AMERICAN STAR MARKING AND ARMY UNDER WING SUGGEST AIRCRAFT OF AN ...

Place Asia: Malaya
Accession Number AC0026
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

BREWSTER BUFFALO FIGHTER, AMERICAN STAR MARKING AND ARMY UNDER WING SUGGEST AIRCRAFT OF AN AMERICAN UNIT BUT ON RAAF AERODROME, ANSON IN BACKGROUND. TYPE OF GOGGLES BEING WORN ALSO SUGGEST PILOT WAS AMERICAN. BUFFALO AIRCRAFT WERE OPERATED BY RAAF FOR BRIEF PERIOD IN MALAYA AGAINST JAPANESE INVASION FORCES IN LATE 1941/EARLY 1942.