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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-30. VIEW OF AN OLD FIAT BIPLANE SHOT DOWN BY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. IT WAS ONE OF FIVE WHICH FLEW OVER THE BRITISH LINES NEVER TO RETURN. THE PILOT WAS NOT BADLY HURT, BUT WAS WEARING ONE INFANTRY BOOT AND ONE FLYING BOOT.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-30. AUSSIES EXAMINING THE WRECKAGE OF AN OLD FIAT BIPLANE SHOT DOWN BEHIND THEIR LINES BY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. THIS PLANE WAS ONE OF FIVE WHICH FLEW OVER THE BRITISH LIN
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-30. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS VIEW WITH CURIOSITY THE WRECKAGE OF AN OLD FABRIC-COVERED FIAT BIPLANE SHOT DOWN BEHIND THE AUSTRALIAN LINES. NOTE ENTRANCE TO DUGOUT IN THE FOREGR
Western Desert, Egypt. 11 November 1942. Allied lorries moving up to the battle area with supplies, pass a wrecked Italian Fiat CR 42 fighter aircraft. The biplane aircraft was shot down beside the ro
Western Desert, Libya. 19 July 1942. Portrait of a Sergeant Pilot of the RAAF wearing his headgear, who was shot down by an enemy fighter aircraft. He fell into the sea. Undressing in the water, he sw
FLYING OFFICER T. TRIMBLE (RIGHT) OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF, TELLING F/O J.C. MCLEOD OF HIS EXPERIENCES AFTER HE HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN IN THE WESTERN DESERT. BADLY BURNED ON THE FACE HE WAS BEFRIENDED BY A
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-14. FRONT VIEW OF KITTYHAWK FIGHTER-BOMBER FORCED DOWN BEHIND THE AUSTRALIAN LINES NEAR EL ALAMEIN AFTER AN AERIAL BATTLE.
