BUT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-02. A SINGLE ENGINED "SONIA" JAPANESE RECONNAISSANCE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, ...

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Accession Number 090408
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Buchanan, Robert John
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BUT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-02. A SINGLE ENGINED "SONIA" JAPANESE RECONNAISSANCE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, THE ONLY PLANE TO ESCAPE PRACTICALLY UNSCATHED FROM THE BLITZ ON BUT AERODROME. IT IS BEING REASSEMBLED BY RAAF INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL, ASSISTED BY AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.