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Mike K

10-05-08 08:55

WILLYS MA Jeep in Darwin

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ID Number: 150599
Maker: McNeill, D
Date made: September 1942
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Darwin, NT. A US cameraman in a jeep records a simulated low level strafing attack on an airfield by a US Kittyhawk fighter aircraft. Note the soldiers on the ground simulating casualties.
Copyright: clear

Related conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

cliff

10-05-08 11:26

note the CMP off to the left as well.

Mike K

11-05-08 04:37

Humpty Doo ?

The pic could have been taken at one of the strips where the US 9th fighter squadron was based , defending Darwin .

This web site gives a detailed account of life on the base .

http://www.flyingknights.net/humptydoo.htm

Mike

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