HONG KONG SURRENDER, 31 AUG 1945

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 13:50

AP Archive :  (02 : 57 - 03 : 06)
Video : https://youtu.be/dvbbNCVehFU?si=bN3UydQzsmL8Do41&t=177

(L) Keiji MAKIMURA (牧村慶治) 
(R) Commander Donald Craven - RN, a prisoner of war in Hong Kong for three and a half years, who was second passenger in the Avenger torpedo bomber which delivered the first Japanese envoy to the flight deck of HMS INDOMITABLE.

Mr Gimson meets Rear Admiral Harcourt
Mr Gimson meets Rear Admiral Harcourt , by Klaus
  • On the left  (Right, flipped horizontal) of the picture is Commander Donald Craven RN, a prisoner of war in Hong Kong for three and a half years, who was second passenger in the Avenger torpedo bomber which delivered the first Japanese envoy to the flight deck of HMS INDOMITABLE.

 

Date picture taken
1945