MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-18. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 76 SQUADRON ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands
Accession Number OG0818
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

MOMOTE, LOS NEGROS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 1944-03-18. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 76 SQUADRON RAAF ON THE CORAL-SURFACED MOMOTE AIRSTRIP, LINED WITH COCONUT PALM TREES, ONLY SIX DAYS AFTER THE AIRFIELD HAD BEEN CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE.