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Photograph MEA0892 Second World War, 1939-1945Mileni, Italy. December 1943. Ground personnel of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, working on one of the squadron's Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft while other aircraft take off from the airfield.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mileni, Italy. December 1943. Ground personnel of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, at work on one of the squadrons Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft on the airfield. In the background are the 80lb two man tents that have been issued for the winter.
Mileni, Italy. December 1943. Ground personnel of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, working on one of the squadron's Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft while other aircraft take off from the airfield.

Mileni, Italy. December 1943. Ground personnel of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, working on one of the squadron's Curtiss P43 Kittyhawk aircraft on the airfield at Mileni.

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.

Grottaglie Airfield, Italy. 1943. RAAF and Italian ground crew personnel together at the airfield. The Italians work on Macchi bomber aircraft and the Australians of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, on Curtiss P4

Italy. 1943. Personnel of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, in Italy at breakfast on an airfield from where the units Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk fighter bomber aircraft are operating.

Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. Ground crew personnel of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, refuelling a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk bomber aircraft at an Italian airfield in Italy a few minutes after their arrival
