MEC0169
Photograph MEC0169 Second World War, 1939-1945Kairouan, Tunisia. May 1943. Exterior of the Officers Mess of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kairouan, Tunisia. c. May 1943. The morning after sees a nice batch of "dead marines" (empty beer and spirits bottles) outside the Officers' Mess of a No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, a fighter bomber squadron.
Kairouan, Tunisia. May 1943. Exterior of the Officers Mess of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF.

Kairouan, Tunisia. c. May 1943. Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk fighter bomber aircraft of No. 450 Squadron RAAF warming up prior to take off.

Kairouan, Tunisia. c. May 1943. Four Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk fighter bomber aircraft of No. 450 Squadron RAAF warming up prior to take off.

Kairouan, Tunisia. c. May 1943. Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk fighter bomber aircraft of No. 450 Squadron RAAF about to start up. Note the airman standing on the wing.

Kairouan, Tunisia. c. 18 April 1943. Airmen packing parachutes at the airfield from where Kittyhawk fighter bomber aircraft of No. 3 Squadron RAAF operated during the Tunisian campaign.

Kairouan, Tunisia. c. May 1943. Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk fighter bomber aircraft of No. 450 Squadron RAAF warming up. Note the airman standing near the wing of the first aircraft.
