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GERAWLA, EGYPT. ARMOURER F. K. TAPLIN, LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN C. R. SAWARD AND CORPORAL BREALEY LOADING 303 ROUNDS INTO MACHINE GUN BELTS. THE MEN REARM EACH NO. 3 SQUADRON RAAF GLADIATOR AS IT RETURNS FROM FLIGHTS TO SWEEP THE SKIES FOR ITALIAN AIRCRAFT. THE SQUADRON WAS THE MOST ADVANCED RAAF UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT AT THE TIME. TAPLIN WEARS THE BELTS LIKE NECKLACES.
GERAWLA - WESTERN DESERT: LOADING AMMUNITION INTO THE WING OF A PLANE ARE L/A S.R. SAWARD: CPL. BREALEY AND AIRCRAFTMAN F.K. TAPLIN. THE RAAF ARE PLAYING A STRENUOUS PART IN PRESENT ACTION AND NO. 3 S
Batchelor, NT. February 1943. Armourer Leading Aircraftman R. C. Harrison RAAF, No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron of Perth, WA, loading 50 calibre ammunition into ammunition belts.
Batchelor, NT. February 1943. Armourer Leading Aircraftman R. C. Harrison RAAF, No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron of Perth, WA, loading 50 calibre ammunition into ammunition belts.
Mareeba, Qld. 1944-03-15. Armourers load .303 ammunition belts into the wing feed boxes of a CAC Boomerang fighter aircraft of No. 5 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron RAAF. Left, 19434 Corporal E. L.
Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group, Papua. June 1943. Armament Section tents, new and camouflaged, and four armourers of No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF with belts of 20mm and .303 ammunition fo
HELOUAN AIRPORT - A SQUADRON OF GLADIATOR FIGHTER PLANES PILOTED BY MEMBERS OF THE 3RD AUST. SQUADRON RAAF THESE ARE SAME PLANES & PILOTS THAT RECENTLY ACCOUNTED FOR A FLIGHT OF ITALIAN AIRCRAFT OVER
