IMAGE
Sergeant Pilot James Allen Ward, VC and his crew
- Date
- 1941
- Reference
- PA1-q-289-1882
- Description
Sergeant Pilot James Allen Ward and his crew studying the course of their hazardous trip.
During this trip a section of the wing of the Wellington bomber they were flying in was struck by a shell and caught fire. Sergeant Ward climbed onto the wing and smothered the fire with a canvas engine cover. For this he was awarded the Victoria Cross but 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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