The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Poretta, Corsica, France. April 1944. Informal portrait of five of the local children of Poretta, where No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF is now based. Note that the two boys on the left are wearing Australian fur felt hats.
Poretta, Corsica, France. April 1944. Informal portrait of one of the local children of Poretta, where No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF is now based. Note that the boy is wearing an Australian fur fel
Poretta, Corsica, France. April 1944. View of a street scene in Poretta, where No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF is now based. Note the sign on the wall "de Gaulle".
Poretta, Corsica, France. April 1944. View of a church in the town of Poretta, where No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF is now based. Note the woman standing near the church.
Poretta, Corsica, France. April 1944. View of a street scene in Poretta, where No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF is now based. Note the sign above the doorway, "Rattachemeni de la Corse ala France".
Poretta, Corsica, France. April 1944. Members of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, now based at the Poretta Airfield make friends with some of the local villagers.
Poretta, Corsica, France. April 1944. View of the interior of one of the buildings in Corsica where No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF in now based. Note the large painting on the wall.
