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Collection relating to 403445 Flt Lt Douglas Leigh Maddrell RAAF during his service in North Africa with 459 Squadron. Accession Number: P10482.013

Description

Annotation on reverse reads; 'December 1942. Crashed "Wimpy" (Vickers Armstong Wellington II to you) near Casaba.'

Details

Accession Number

P10482.013

Photographer

Unknown

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Print

Physical Description

Support: Paper (Fibre-based)

Date Made

December 1942

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Units

Accession P10482.013

Part of collection:

Collection relating to 403445 Flt Lt Douglas Leigh Maddrell RAAF during his service in North Africa with 459 Squadron.

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Annotation on reverse reads; '"Knocked out" German tank at El Alamein". December 1942.'

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