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Lt. Clyde Barnett Jnr

Details:

Title

Lt. Clyde Barnett Jnr,

Photo number

PH0226/0066,

Collection

Bob Alford Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1942,

Location

Humpty Doo,

Description

Lt. Clyde Barnett Jnr of the 8th P.S., 49th Pursuit group at Strauss, 1942. The aircraft is named after the Group's Training Field Morrison A.F.B. in Florida. Barnett usually flew no.'55' named 'Smiley', Clyde's nickname. 27 mile, Humpty Doo Strauss Airstrip. Barnett painted this nose art "West Palm Beach Playboy". 4 kills. 2 Betty bombers, 2 Jap aircraft. Curtiss P-40E Warhawk.,

Notes

Date:1942,

Language

English,

Subject

World War, 1939-1945, Northern Territory,

Digital format

3467 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 52.02Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Related links

http://ww2.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/archivestory.php?id=149490, http://ww2.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/archivestory.php?id=149490 [Clyde H. Barnett Jr.],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/10289,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/10289

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/750835,