MEA0227 Accession Number: MEA0227

Description

Malta. July 1943. Pilots of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF resting in their billets at a landing ground. Some read letters and magazines, others relax on a camp stretcher and in a canvas deck chair. Pictured, background, left to right: first two unidentified; Ken Goulder; John Howell Price; (Doc) McLeod or George Hardiman. Peter Gilbert (on deck chair); Ted Hankey (lying on stretcher).

Details

Accession Number
MEA0227
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
July 1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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