IMAGE
Wellington Bomber and detail of wing damaged by shell fire
- Date
- 1941
- Reference
- PA1-q-289-1879
- Description
View of part of a Wellington bomber and the wing section damaged by a shell and fire. Also shown are holes kicked in the fabric of the fusilage and wing by Sergeant James Allen Ward who managed to smother the fire with an engine cover. Photographed by an unknown photographer.
For this act "of most conspicuous bravery" Sergeant Ward was given the VC, but he was killed in action over Germany two months later.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- 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 II Official album 5
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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