The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sicily, Italy. c. 1943. Personnel probably of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, sit around and relax reading pix magazines sent from home. They are passed from one to another until everyone has read them which is invariably months old by the time it reaches the forward areas.
Sicily, Italy. c. 1943. Ground crew members of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF relax (some playing cards while others read) wait for air transport which is to take them further forward into Italy.
Sicily, Italy. c. 1943. Ground crew personnel probably of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, sit around and relax at their makeshift camp during their "off duty" hours.
Sicily, Italy. 1943. Pilots of the Desert Harassers No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, sit around a table inside their makeshift Mess in which they find time to read and write home between operations
Agnone, Sicily, Italy. c. 1943. Pilots of the Desert Harassers No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, relax in the home-built shelter while awaiting the next forward move.
Sicily, Italy. 1943. Sitting on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean pilots of the Desert Harassers No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, sit at a table under a large umbrella in which they find time to
Pachino, Sicily, Italy. July 1943. A group of pilots of the Desert Harassers No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF relax and listen to a gramophone and read a paper, and talk over the day's operations.
