MEC0272
Photograph MEC0272 Second World War, 1939-1945Kairouan, Tunisia. c. May 1943. Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft of No. 3 Squadron RAAF on the airfield at Kairouan. Note the airman sitting on the aircraft in the foreground.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kairouan, Tunisia. c. May 1943. RAAF airman S. Sullivan does a spot of dhobie (washing clothes).
Kairouan, Tunisia. c. May 1943. Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft of No. 3 Squadron RAAF on the airfield at Kairouan. Note the airman sitting on the aircraft in the foreground.

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. 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.

Kairouan, Tunisia. c. May 1943. Wash day for a ground crew member of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF. Note the three other airmen looking on as he washes his clothes in a tub.

Kairouan, Tunisia. c. May 1943. Wash day for a ground crew member of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF. Note the three other airmen looking on as he hangs his clothes on the line.

Kairouan, Tunisia. c. 1943. Portrait of a RAAF airman beside an aircraft, wearing his headgear. Note the Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft behind him.
