The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Italy. c. 1944. RAAF airmen in Italy make friends with the local inhabitants living in the vicinity of the airfield from which the Desert Harassers No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF is operating. The ground crew members sought temporary shelter with this family when their tent was flooded by a heavy downpour of rain. Left to right: Leading Aircraftman (LAC) L. F. Ward of Burwood, NSW; LAC C. J. N. S. McIlveen of Melbourne, Vic, and LAC J. Little of Lakemba, NSW.
Italy. c. 1944. Four RAAF airmen in Italy make friends with the local inhabitants living in the vicinity of the airfield from which the Desert Harassers No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF is operating.
Sicily, Italy. c. August 1943. Members of the Desert Harassers No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, around the makeshift cook-house area which is also a popular rendezvous for those not on duty. It take
Italy. c. 1944. Morning tea consisting of home-made scones is enjoyed by these RAAF airmen in Italy. Recently a heavy down pour of rain flooded the tent of these men and forced them to seek temporary
Italy. c. 1944. Morning tea consisting of home-made scones is enjoyed by these RAAF airmen in Italy. Recently a heavy down pour of rain flooded the tent of these men and forced them to seek temporary
Italy. c. 1944. Mussilini's greatest enterprise, the reclaiming of the Pontine marshes, was wrecked by retreating German troops who flooded the area and then laid waste to farms and crops. Airmen of t
San Angelo, Italy. c. May 1944. Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Jack Little of Sydney, NSW, prepares a meal for pilots of the Desert Harassers of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF in Italy. The cook house i
