MALTA0480A
Photograph MALTA0480A Period 1950-1959Members of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF boarding an RAF Transport Command Valetta aircraft in Idris, Libya. The Wing used various bases around the Mediterranean for exercises while stationed in Malta between
MALTA0223 Accession Number: MALTA0223
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Idris. Corporal (Cpl) Gordon Linklater of Tully, Qld, services the camera gun in the nose of a 73 Squadron (RAF) Vampire aircraft. Cpl Linklater was a photographer with 78 Fighter Wing RAAF, which was taking part in gunnery exercises at an RAF base in Libya. While stationed in Malta for garrison duty, the Wing used various bases around the Mediterranean.
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MALTA0223
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Date Made
c 1952-1954
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Whole
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1
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Copyright expired - public domain
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