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. The repair and salvage section of No. 450 Squadron RAAF working on a damaged Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft.
Pachino, Sicily, Italy. c. July 1943. Ground crew members of No. 450 Squadron RAAF working on a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft.

Sicily, Italy. 1943. Fitters of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF and members of the Repair and Salvage Unit working on a Kittyhawk aircraft which was damaged during operations over the Catania area.

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

Malta. c. July 1943. Armourers of No. 450 or No. 3 Squadron RAAF bombing up a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk aircraft for operations over Sicily.

Pachino, Sicily, Italy. c. July 1943. Pilots of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF talking with an Italian farmer who is smoking a pipe.

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.
