MED0447
Photograph MED0447 Second World War, 1939-1945Western Desert, Libya. 2 June 1942. Group portrait of four officers of the Italian Air Force captured in the third Libyan campaign.
MED0446 Accession Number: MED0446
Description
Western Desert, Libya. 2 June 1942. One of the Axis prisoner of war (POW) captured in the third Libyan campaign was this heavily be-medalled Colonel of the Italian Air Force. His transport aircraft was shot down by an RAF fighter only a few minutes after its departure from the battlefront.
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Accession Number
MED0446
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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