The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Livingstone, NT. 20 January 1943. Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) R. (Dick) Cresswell, Commanding Officer of No. 77 Squadron RAAF, standing beside his Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft, serial no. A29-113, on which are painted as `nose art' the US, UK, Australian, and RAAF flags. In this aircraft Sqn Ldr Cresswell shot down a Japanese Mitisubishi G4M medium bomber aircraft, code-name Betty, on 23 November 1942.
Livingstone Airstrip, Darwin, NT, c. 1942-10. Squadron Leader R. C. ("Dick") Cresswell, commander of No. 77 Squadron RAAF, standing beside his Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk. Painted on the side of the aircraf
Livingstone, NT. 20 January 1943. An informal group of pilots from No. 77 Squadron RAAF, around a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft.
Livingstone, NT. 20 January 1943. Four aircraft refuellers from No. 77 Squadron RAAF filling up the petrol tanks of a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft.
Strauss, NT. 20 January 1943. Leading Aircraftman Alan Newton of No. 77 Squadron RAAF putting the finishing touches to an emblem he is painting as `nose art' on a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft.
Livingstone, NT. 20 January 1943. Seven ground staff members of No. 77 Squadron RAAF manoeuvring a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk (aircraft F) into its dispersal bay.
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-08. NOSE ART "WATCH MY FORM!" AND NICKNAME "LUCKY 13" ON AIRCRAFT OF NO. 78 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF, SERIAL NO. A29-572.
