Accession Number | HOBJ1919 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Hobson, Phillip Oliver |
Place made | Korea |
Date made | c December 1950 |
Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Korea. c 1950. Corporal J C Goussard of Johannesburg, South Africa, loading a .50 calibre machine ...
Description
Korea. c 1950. Corporal J C Goussard of Johannesburg, South Africa, loading a .50 calibre machine gun ammunition belt on one of the P51D Mustang fighter aircraft of 2 Squadron, South African Air Force (SAAF), "The Flying Cheetahs". The aircraft has an SAAF emblem, adopted in November 1950, consisting of an orange springbok leaping across a white and dark blue roundel.