P00448.204 Accession Number: P00448.204

Description

WESTERN DESERT, NORTH AFRICA. 1942-09-15. HANDLEY- PAGE HALIFAX BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF A RAF SQUADRON OPERATING IN THE WESTERN DESERT AGAINST TARGETS IN HARBOURS, SUPPLY DUMPS AND AMMUNITION STORES HAVE DONE MAGNIFICENT WORK IN PREVENTING ROMMEL'S ARMY IN THE FIELD FROM RECEIVING A GREAT DEAL OF THE WAR MATERIAL IT NEEDED.

Details

Accession Number
P00448.204
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor RAAF Historical Section
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Units

Tags

Accession P00448.204

Part of collection:

More like this

P00448.205

Photograph P00448.205 Second World War, 1939-1945

WESTERN DESERT, NORTH AFRICA. 1942-11-04. HANDLEY- PAGE HALIFAX BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF A RAF SQUADRON BEING LOADED WITH BOMBS FOR ATTACK ON TARGETS IN MEDITERRANEAN HARBOURS AND THE ENEMY'S LINES OF SUPPL

P00448.206

Photograph P00448.206 Second World War, 1939-1945

WESTERN DESERT, NORTH AFRICA. 1942-11-05. HANDLEY- PAGE HALIFAX BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF A RAF SQUADRON WHICH OPERATED AGAINST ENEMY TARGETS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WESTERN DESERT AREAS. THIS TYPE OF AIRCR

MED0577

Photograph MED0577 Second World War, 1939-1945

Flying over the western desert is one of the large Handley-Page Halifax bomber aircraft, aircraft code ZA-Z of No.10 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF), with which the RAF have pounded Tobruk, destroyed s

MED0747

Photograph MED0747 Second World War, 1939-1945

Western Desert, Egypt. 5 November 1942. An airman with some of the rockets used for signalling to aircraft as he stands in the flare path of a desert airfield while Handley-Page Halifax bomber aircraf

MED0863

Photograph MED0863 Second World War, 1939-1945

Only the framework of buildings remain in this street of the bomb-shattered town one hour after the town had fallen and the Allied troops had marched in. Since June 1942 it has been one of the main su

MED0865

Photograph MED0865 Second World War, 1939-1945

Roof-less buildings stand among scattered masonry rubble and wreckage of motor vehicles in a corner of the bomb-torn town one hour after the town had fallen and the Allied troops had marched in. Since

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 15 January 2024 - 4.29 am