IMAGE
New Zealand ex-prisoners of war waiting to board a RAF Lancaster - Photograph taken by Lee Hill
- Date
- [1945]
- By
- Hill, Leighton McLeod, 1907-1952
- Reference
- 1/4-069810-F
- Description
Four New Zealand ex-prisoners of war in Mae West life-jackets waiting to board an RAF Lancaster for a flight back to the United Kingdom. Third from the left is Driver Cole, W H. Photographed 1945 by Lee Hill.
Source of descriptive information - Official caption
This plane crashed and burnt in take-off and Driver Cole, W H (third from left) went to hospital in Brussels. Remainder came to England by boat.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 9 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency / World War 1939-1945 Official negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Cellulosic film negative 6 x 9 cm
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Hill, Leighton McLeod, 1907-1952. New Zealand ex-prisoners of war waiting to board a RAF Lancaster - Photograph taken by Lee Hill. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: 1/4-069810-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22526207More information can be found in our terms of use.