MEA0354 Accession Number: MEA0354

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Catania, Sicily, Italy. 1943. RAAF pilots and airmen sift through the rubble in a wrecked railway workshop damaged by allied bombing.

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Accession Number
MEA0354
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
1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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