The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
On a landing field a few miles from the battle front in central Italy, two pilots of No. 450 Squadron RAAF watch a RAF fitter paint an insignia on one of the squadron's Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft. They are, 425749 Flying Officer (FO) Ian Goodwin Swan Purssey of Brisbane, Qld (left), and 421074 FO Eric William Philp of Sydney, NSW (right).
Cutella, Italy. April 1944. Informal portrait of 425749 Flying Officer Ian Goodwin Swann (Bill) Purssey of Brisbane, Qld. One of the pilots flying with the Desert Harassers No. 450 Squadron RAAF. Note
Cutella, Italy. April 1944. Informal portrait of 425749 Flying Officer Ian Goodwin Swann (Bill) Purssey of Brisbane, Qld. One of the pilots flying with the Desert Harassers No. 450 Squadron RAAF. Note
Cutella, Italy. April 1944. Informal portrait of 425749 Flying Officer Ian Goodwin Swann (Bill) Purssey of Brisbane, Qld, pilot with the Desert Harassers No. 450 Squadron RAAF. Note the Curtiss P40 Ki
Crete. c. May 1944. Informal portrait of 425749 Flying Officer (FO) I. G. S. Purssey of Brisbane, Qld, a member of No. 450 Squadron RAAF beside a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft with the nose art readi
Cutella, Italy. April 1944. Informal portrait of Flying Officer I. G. S. (Bill) Purssey of Brisbane, Qld, pilot with the Desert Harassers No. 450 Squadron RAAF, sitting inside his Curtiss P40 Kittyhaw
Cervia, Italy. c. 1945. Informal portrait of 425749 Flying Officer (FO) I. G. S. (Bill) Purssey of Brisbane, Qld, a pilot of No. 3 (Mustang) Squadron RAAF in northern Italy. FO Purssey has taken part
