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Western Desert. Two members of No 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, prepare a cross for the grave of Squadron Leader P. R. Heath who was shot down in air combat on 19 November 1940 when four of the Squadron's Gladiator aircraft were attacked east of Rabia by eighteen Italian CR-42 fighters.
Western Desert. A member of No 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, prepares a cross for the grave of Squadron Leader P. R. Heath who was shot down in air combat on 19 November 1940 when four of th
A member of No 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, prepares a cross for the grave of Squadron Leader P. R. Heath who was shot down in air combat on 19 November 1940 when four of the Squadron's Gla
Flying Officer A C Rawlinson, Flight Lieutenant B R Pelly and Flying Officer A H Boyd of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, walk away from Gloster Gladiator Mark II, N5752 'NW-G', at LG 10/Gerawala, Egypt, on the d
Western Desert, Egypt. 11 November 1942. Allied lorries moving up to the battle area with supplies, pass a wrecked Italian Fiat CR 42 fighter aircraft. The biplane aircraft was shot down beside the ro
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
Western Desert, Cyrenaica, Libya. 28 October 1942. Long range fighters of the RAF attacked a destroyer and a motor vessel off the North African coast in another of their brilliant sweeps. The motor ve
