MEC2273
Photograph MEC2273 Second World War, 1939-1945Pachino, Sicily, Italy. c. July 1943. Ground crew members of No. 450 Squadron RAAF working on a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft.

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Pachino, Sicily, Italy. c. July 1943. Members of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF show interest in the primitive farming still used by the Sicilian peasantry.
Pachino, Sicily, Italy. c. July 1943. Ground crew members of No. 450 Squadron RAAF working on a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft.

Pachino, Sicily, Italy. c. July 1943. Airmen of No. 450 (Kittyhawk Squadron RAAF, on arrival in Sicily enjoy a sleep in the shade.

Sicily, Italy. July 1943. Flying Officer R. Roper of Adelaide, SA, and 14778 G. R. Wilson of Clifton Hill, Vic, both from No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, pose for a photograph with a group of Sicil

Pachino, Sicily, Italy. c. July 1943. A peasant farmer in Sicily pointing out the different land marks to Pilot Officer D. Minchin of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF.

Pachino, Sicily, Italy. c. July 1943. View of one of the many farms to be found in the area where No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF is operating in Sicily.

Augusta, Sicily, Italy. c. August 1943. View of a port in Sicily at which members of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF landed during the Sicilian campaign.
