The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Idku, Egypt. c. May 1943. Scene in the Sergeants' Mess at the Western Desert airfield of No. 451 (Hurricane) Squadron RAAF engaged on sea patrol duties. Note the bottles on the shelves and the drawings of the two women on the back wall.
Idku, Egypt. c. May 1943. Scene in the Sergeants' Mess at the Western Desert airfield of No. 451 (Hurricane) Squadron RAAF engaged on sea patrol duties. Note the bottles on the shelves and the drawing
Idku, Egypt. c. May 1943. Interior view of the Sergeants' Mess of No. 451 (Hurricane) Squadron RAAF. Note the bottles on the shelves in the background and the two drawings of women on the wall.
Idku, Egypt. c. May 1943. The Sergeants' Mess of No. 451 (Hurricane) Squadron RAAF, which is engaged on sea parol duties, is a comfortable place and its walls with their murals impart a note of gaiety
Idku, Egypt. c. May 1943. The Sergeants' Mess of No. 451 (Hurricane) Squadron RAAF, which is engaged on sea parol duties, is a comfortable place and its walls with their murals impart a note of gaiety
Idku, Egypt. c. May 1943. The Sergeants' Mess of No. 451 (Hurricane) Squadron RAAF, which is engaged on sea parol duties, is a comfortable place and its walls with their murals impart a note of gaiety
Idku, Egypt. c. May 1943. Typical daily scene on the airfield used by No. 451 (Hurricane) Squadron RAAF engaged on sea patrol duties. The pilots are seen here on stand by outside the Operations room.
