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El Daba, Egypt, 1943. Corporal Harold Reynolds Johnson, a mechanic with No. 451 Squadron RAAF, standing in front of his tent at an airfield where the squadron was based on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The squadron was involved in the defence of the Nile delta and in protecting allied convoys in the Mediterranean. (Donor M. Johnson)
El Daba, Egypt, 1943. Corporal Harold Reynolds Johnson, a mechanic with No. 451 Squadron RAAF, sitting on one of the squadron's motor cycles at an airfield on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The squ
El Daba, Egypt, 1943. Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC HL983 of No. 451 Squadron RAAF standing on an airfield on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The squadron was involved in the defence of the Nile delta and
El Daba, Egypt, 1943. A mechanic with No. 451 Squadron RAAF repairing the engine of one of the squadron's Hawker Hurricane aircraft at an airfield on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The squadron was
El Daba, Egypt, 1943. At an airfield on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, a member of No. 451 Squadron RAAF sits despondently in ankle-deep water in his tent, which has been flooded by a heavy downpou
El Daba, Egypt, 1943. At an airfield on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, two mechanics with No. 451 Squadron RAAF carry out repairs to one of the unit's vehicles which they have stripped down to the
El Daba, Egypt, 1943. At an airfield on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, two members of No. 451 Squadron RAAF gaze forlornly at some of the unit's tents which have been flooded by a heavy downpour of
