LAE, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. A DOUGLAS TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT COMING IN TO LAND ON LAE AIRSTRIP OVER ...

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Accession Number OG0732
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

LAE, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. A DOUGLAS TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT COMING IN TO LAND ON LAE AIRSTRIP OVER THE TOP OF A DAMAGED HALF-SUBMERGED JAPANESE SHIP, TENYO MARU, THAT WAS BOMBED BY RAAF AIRCRAFT AND WAS THE FIRST TO BE SUNK BY AUSTRALIAN BUILT BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT.