MEC1256 Accession Number: MEC1256

Description

Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. 1943. English members of No. 454 (Baltimore) Squadron RAAF, a General Reconnaissance Squadron, operating from a base in the Western Desert, playing soccer on the pitch they prepared themselves.

Details

Accession Number
MEC1256
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Nitrate
Brand: Agfa - Isopan
Date Made
c 1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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