Territory Stories

RAAF Wirraway A20-7

Details:

Title

RAAF Wirraway A20-7,

Photo number

PH0670/0004,

Collection

Pearce-Bullman Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1939-09-04,

Location

Daly Waters,

Description

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Wirraway A20-7 at Daly Waters 4 September 1939. The RAAF operated 757 of this type. This was one of five Wirraways being deployed to Darwin (12 Squadron) and arrived 10:30pm on 5 September. One aircraft (A20-5) was involved in a landing incident at Darwin killing two - Flying Officer AV Dolphin and Corporal HW Johnson, who were the first service personnel to die on Australian soil during World War 2.,

Language

English,

Subject

Wirraway (Military airplane), World War, 1939-1945, Northern Territory, Daly Waters,

Digital format

4263 x 6000 pixels : 24bpp ; 73.2Mb,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 10.9 x 16.7 cm.,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

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

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/60177,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/60177

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/786531, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/749930,