MEB0038 Accession Number: MEB0038

Description

Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. September 1943. Group portrait of ground personnel of the Maintenance Section No. 459 (Naval Co-operation) Squadron RAAF, with their Lockheed Hudson aircraft. The Squadron operated from an airfield in the desert and was held up by its group Headquarters as an example to other units for its high state of serviceability. Month after month it topped the serviceability scale, on more than one occasion with a rate of 99 percent.

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Accession Number
MEB0038
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c September 1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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