150025 Accession Number: 150025

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Townsville, Qld. July 1942. Ground crews raise the tail of a Kittyhawk fighter aircraft of No. 76 Squadron, RAAF, into a flying position to enable the alignment of the wing machine guns.

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Accession Number
150025
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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