MED0316 Accession Number: MED0316

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Western Desert, North Africa. 4 February 1942. Greek ground staff of the Royal Hellenic Air Force, caps in the air, wave goodbye to their old RAF colleagues. They are off to their forward areas of Libya. A squadron mascot, a white terrier dog, says 'goodbye' as well.

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Accession Number
MED0316
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
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Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
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Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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