024670 Accession Number: 024670

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"FAMOUS LAST WORDS" INSCRIBED ON A NEW AMERICAN TYPE 500-LB. BOMB - "WITH LOVE FROM THE LADS". THE BOMB IS BEING LOADED ON TO A KITTYHAWK BOMBER OF NO. 450 SQUADRON RAAF, A SQUADRON THAT IS COMPOSED OF ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO CANADIAN PILOTS.

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Accession Number
024670
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1 August 1942
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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