Crew of a Beaufort bomber aircraft (A9-444) from No. 8 Squadron RAAF who took part in a mass raid ...

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Accession Number OG0294
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Goodenough Island
Date made 13 December 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Crew of a Beaufort bomber aircraft (A9-444) from No. 8 Squadron RAAF who took part in a mass raid on Lakunai aerdrome, Rabaul. Standing left to right: 416433 Flying Officer Theodore Victor Benno Kleinig; 428376 Pilot Officer Edwin John Turk. Seated left to right: 420699 Flying Officer Stanley James Miller; 418030 Flight Sergeant Barry Cameron White. The crew was killed in a flying accident in New Guinea on 25 December 1943.