[Geoff Roberts]

Object detail

Accession number

2003.649

Description

Black and white photograph of Geoff Roberts, in uniform, inspecting a cockpit of an aeroplane. Roberts is standing inside the cockpit and another male figure stands next to the aeroplane in the foreground. Neither one is looking at the photographer. A photocopied caption is attached to the back of the photograph. It reads: 7417. Japanese Aircraft Flown by New Zealander (underlined). This Japanese aircraft found in serviceable condition by the Kara airstrip, Bougainville, was flown to Piva airstrip by Wing Commander W.R. Kofoed, D.S.O., D.F.C. The photograph is of Air Commodore G.N. Roberts, A.F.C. (Commander of New Zealand Air Task Force) inspecting the cockpit. Handwritten under the caption is: Now on display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Physical description

1 l : ill : black and white ; 25cm

Credit Line

[Geoff Roberts], 2003.649. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Aerial operations, New Zealand World War, 1939-1945

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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