Territory Stories

Robert Oestreicher

Details:

Title

Robert Oestreicher,

Other title

Mike Foley,

Photographer

Foley, Mike,

Photo number

PH0008/0031,

Collection

Mike Foley Collection., PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1982-02-19,

Location

Cox Peninsula,

Description

Mr Robert Oestreicher, one of the ten American pilots who engaged the Japanese on 19/2/1942, and who was credited with the destruction of the first enemy aircraft on Australia soil; with the plaque presented to him on the 19/2/1982 by residents of Cox Peninsula.,

Subject

aviators, United States. Army Air Corps,

Digital format

2000ppi ; 12.72Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : negative.,

File type

image/tiff.,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/25484,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/742632