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LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. WRECK OF A GERMAN PLANE BROUGHT DOWN NEAR TOBRUK.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WATCHING A GAME OF FOOTBALL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS "IMPLACABLE" IN WHICH MORE THAN 2,000 OF THEM TRAVELLED FROM
LOCATION UNKNOWN. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM H.M.A.S. "BROOME", 1944, SHOWING H.M.A.S. "ECHUCA" (LEFT) AND ANOTHER CORVETTE MOORED AT ANCHORAGE.
HMAS SYDNEY LEAVING SYDNEY HARBOUR FOR THE LAST TIME, 1975-12.
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. WRECK OF A GERMAN PLANE BROUGHT DOWN NEAR TOBRUK.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. PANORAMA OF THE WESTERN DESERT NEAR TOBRUK SHOWING BURNING ENEMY PLANE IN DISTANCE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A PLANE SPOTTER IN TOBRUK DURING THE SIEGE. IT WAS NECESSARY THAT THE MAN ON DUTY FOR THIS JOB SHOULD KEEP A CONSTANT AND VIGILANT LOOK-OUT.
Western Desert, North Africa. 4 December 1941. Remains of an Italian aircraft shot down near Qur el Beid being searched by a large number of Allied troops. The aircraft had been shot down during the s
A German Messerschmitt aircraft brought down near a mine field in the Western Desert, Libya.
Australian soldiers examine the wreck of a German bomber shot down near Tobruk. This image relates to the service of NX17372 Private Richard Francis Burgess, 2/17 Battalion.
