MALTA0764
Photograph MALTA0764 Period 1950-1959Wearing tin helmets, ground staff of the detachment from 78 Fighter Wing RAAF wait in a forest near Cologne, West Germany to be taken to the airstrip during the NATO exercise Operation Coronet. This
MALTA0763 Accession Number: MALTA0763
Description
Ground staff of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF at dawn in a forest in the Ruhr Valley near Cologne, West Germany, waiting to be taken to the airstrip during the NATO exercise Operation Coronet. This air exercise, the largest in Western Europe since the Second World War, involved 2000 aircraft and 40 000 personnel.
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Accession Number
MALTA0763
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Date Made
25-31 July 1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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