024796 Accession Number: 024796

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Western Desert, Egypt. 8 August 1942. Pot shots from the ground. There is an aerial dog fight overhead and these men of the 9th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment are interested spectators. The gunner on top of the M3 Stuart tank, unable to resist, joins in with his Browning M1919A4 machine gun.

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Accession Number
024796
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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