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Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. August 1943. On convoy patrol over the Mediterranean are aircrew members of No. 459 (Naval Co-operation) Squadron RAAF operating from a desert airfield. In the cockpit of their Lockheed Hudson aircraft are Flying Officer (FO) K. N. MacDougall of Sydney, NSW, pilot; FO J. D. Lester of Alberta, Canada, observer; Flight Sergeant T. E. Dillon of Cootamundra, NSW, air gunner.
Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. August 1943. In front of their Lockheed Hudson aircraft before taking off from a desert airfield are aircrew members of No. 459 (Naval Co-operation) Squadron RAAF. Left to
Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1943. A crew in front of their Lockheed Hudson aircraft prior to leaving from an airfield in the Western Desert on convoy patrol over the Mediterranean are from No. 45
Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1943. In their Lockheed Hudson aircraft are, pilot, Flying Officer (FO) K. McDougall of Sydney, NSW (left), and FO J. D. Lester of Alberta, Canada (right), observer, c
Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1943. In their Lockheed Hudson aircraft are, pilot, Flying Officer (FO) K. McDougall of Sydney, NSW (left), and FO J. D. Lester of Alberta, Canada (right), observer, c
Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. August 1943. A Lockheed Hudson aircraft of No. 459 (Naval Co-operation) Squadron RAAF, taking off from the Western Desert airfield for a convoy patrol over the Mediterrane
Western Desert. c. 1943. Observer Flying Officer J. D. Lester of Alberta, Canada, with No. 459 RAAF Squadron, a Naval Co-operation Squadron based in the Western Desert, is busy checking aircraft posit
