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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-19. BREN GUNNERS OF THE 2/8TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY WITH THEIR GUN IN A BREN PIT. FIRING THE GUN IS GUNNER J. WAREHAM, WHO IS CREDITED WITH HAVING BROUGHT DOWN AN MESSERSCHMITT BF109, A GERMAN FIGHTER PLANE.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-20. BURNT OUT AMMUNITION TRUCK NEAR EL ALAMEIN AFTER HAVING BEEN MACHINE-GUNNED FROM THE AIR BY A GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT FIGHTER PLANE. THE MEN ARE SEEN "SCROUNGING" A FEW
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-20. BURNT OUT AMMUNITION TRUCK NEAR EL ALAMEIN. THIS TRUCK WAS MACHINE-GUNNED FROM THE AIR BY A GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT FIGHTER PLANE. NOTE THE PARTLY BURNT SHELLS IN THE F
Western Desert, Egypt. 19 July 1942. 'Never mind the fighters, go for the bombers'. With this order, Acting Squadron Leader Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes RAAF, and Commanding Officer of No. 3 (K
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT BF109 WHICH CRASHED INTO A MINE FIELD NEAR TEL EL EISA.
Western Desert, North Africa. 4 December 1941. An RAF flying officer with a bandaged right arm, returned from a battle over Libya in which he shot down an Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM79 Sparviero bombe
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT BF109 WHICH CRASHED INTO A MINE FIELD NEAR TEL EL EISA. THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD IS SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND.
