Airborne between Darwin, NT and Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. Supermarine Spitfire aircraft of No. ...

Accession Number OG3062
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Date made 16 December 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Airborne between Darwin, NT and Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. Supermarine Spitfire aircraft of No. 452 Squadron RAAF seen from the escorting Lockheed aircraft of No. 37 Squadron RAAF shortly after leaving Sattler airfield near Darwin, NT, on 16 December 1944, en route to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, the first stop on the move of the squadron from Sattler to Morotai Island in the Halmahera Islands, Dutch East Indies.

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