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Close up of Squadron's Zero Tail with kill tally displayed as whiskey nips

Details:

Title

Close up of Squadron's Zero Tail with kill tally displayed as whiskey nips,

Photo number

PCA0063/0047,

Collection

Ernest Weatherhead Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1943,

Location

Nightcliff,

Description

Typescript stuck on back: Melbourne. Deparment of Air. Directorate of Public Relations. NW.354. NIP FOR NIP. This is the squadron's score board. It is the tail of a Zero shot down by R.A.F pilots at an operational base in the north-west of Australia. For every Nip shot down, a nip of wiskey is shown on the score. for publication not before June 16, 1943. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE: Photograph from Department of Air.,

Notes

Commonwealth of Australia Department of Air. Directorate of Public Relations,

Language

en,

Subject

Nightcliff Camp, Darwin 1943, Royal Air Force RAF, Fighter Squadron 54,

Digital format

4453 x 6000 pixels : 24bpp ; 76.4Mb, back 76.8Mb,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 16.4 x 22 cm,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library& Archives NT,

Related links

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1129276 [NAA: RAAF Unit History sheets (Form A50) Operations Record Book - Forms A50 and A51 Number 54 Base Squadron June 42 - Aug 45],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/939796,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/939796

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/939952,