MEA0648 Accession Number: MEA0648

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Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. Squadron Leader Brian Eaton of Melbourne, Vic, Commanding Officer of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, an all Australian squadron and Flight Lieutenant Ron Susans of Sydney, NSW with other Squadron pilots now operating in Italy are taken to the aircraft dispersal area in a jeep preparatory to making an operational flight against the Germans.

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Accession Number
MEA0648
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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