024694 Accession Number: 024694

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KITTYHAWK FIGHTER-BOMBER PLANES ON THE AIRFIELD OF NO. 450 SQUADRON RAAF. THIS SQUADRON IS ALMOST ENTIRELY COMPOSED OF ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL. NOTE THE BOMB, A 500-POUNDER, UNDER THE FUSELAGE OF EACH PLANE.

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Accession Number
024694
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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