The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Based at Agnone, Flying Officer D Davidson (left) of Sydney, NSW, looks on whilst his fitter, 16528 Leading Aircraftman Jack Ronald Clifford Featherby (right) of Sydney, NSW, puts the finishing touches to some nose art, a boxing kangaroo, which some (possibly a flight), of the 'Desert Harassers' of No 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron, RAAF, have adopted as an insignia during operations over Sicily and Italy.
Agnone, Sicily, Italy. 1943. Leading Aircraftman M. Douglas of Sydney, NSW, sits on the aircraft wing and guides Flying Officer D. Davidson (one of the first forty trainees to Rhodesia), a pilot of th
Ground crew personnel of No 450 Squadron (Sqn), RAAF, at work on a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft at Grottalgie airfield. Known as the 'Desert Harassers', 450 Sqn served in the Middle East, Sicily and
Strauss, NT. 20 January 1943. Leading Aircraftman Alan Newton of No. 77 Squadron RAAF putting the finishing touches to an emblem he is painting as `nose art' on a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft.
Italy. 1943. Ground crew personnel of No. 450 Squadron RAAF, now operating in Italy, at work on one of the squadrons Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft. Note the boxing kangaroo nose art.
Agnone, Sicily, Italy. c. 1943. Two pilots of the Desert Harassers No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, discuss the target after briefing for an operational flight over Sicily.
Agnone, Sicily, Italy. 1943. Riggers, fitters and flight mechanics of the Desert Harassers No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, work on a Fighter bomber aircraft preparatory to operational flights in Si
