024671 Accession Number: 024671

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CLOSE-UP OF MESSAGE CHALKED ON A 500-LB. NEW AMERICAN-TYPE BOMB LOADED ON TO A KITTYHAWK BOMBER OF NO. 450 SQUADRON RAAF, A SQUADRON COMPOSED ALMOST ENTIRELY OF PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE.

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Accession Number
024671
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
1 August 1942
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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