Accession Number | OG3062 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Airborne between Darwin, NT and Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. Supermarine Spitfire aircraft of No. ...
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.