MEA0859 Accession Number: MEA0859

Description

Foggia, Italy. 1943. Ground crew prepare to work on a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk fighter bomber aircraft just after it landed after an operational flight over Northern Italy. The pilot from the Desert Harassers No. 450 Squadron RAAF returns to the `Ops room' to make his report.

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Accession Number
MEA0859
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Measurement
Overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in
Image: 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in
Date Made
1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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