MEB0295 Accession Number: MEB0295

Description

Rome, Italy. 13 April 1945. After having completed their tour of operations with No. 3 (Mustang) Squadron RAAF based at Cervia, these pilots are enjoying a well earned spell, where they are seeing the sights. RAAF airmen viewing one of the famous statues in this city with some of their New Zealand friends are, left to right: 421078 Warrant Officer (WO) E. J. Power of Leeton, NSW; 421592 WO S. J. Haggarty of Waverley, NSW; 422266 Pilot Officer P. J. Fay of Northwood, NSW; 415712 WO J. A. Woods of Kalgoorlie, WA; 421525 WO John Turkington of Double Bay, NSW.

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Accession Number
MEB0295
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
13 April 1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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