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  1. LIBYA. 1942-01-11. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF TAKING OFF ON AN OPERATIONAL ...

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    LIBYA. 1942-01-11. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF TAKING OFF ON AN OPERATIONAL FLIGHT.

    023159

  2.

    ANTELAT, LIBYA. 1942-01-17. ONE OF NO. 3 SQUADRON'S (RAAF) KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF.

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    ANTELAT, LIBYA. 1942-01-17. ONE OF NO. 3 SQUADRON'S (RAAF) KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF.

    023310

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    LIBYA. 1942-01-11. ALL THAT REMAINED OF A KITTYHAWK OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF WHICH CRASHED AND ...

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    LIBYA. 1942-01-11. ALL THAT REMAINED OF A KITTYHAWK OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF WHICH CRASHED AND BURST INTO FLAMES.

    023162

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    ANTELAT, LIBYA. 1942-01-17. ONE OF NO. 3 SQUADRON'S (RAAF) KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF.

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    ANTELAT, LIBYA. 1942-01-17. ONE OF NO. 3 SQUADRON'S (RAAF) KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF.

    023311

  5.

    EL GAZALA, LIBYA. 1942-01-02. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF AT GUNNERY PRACTICE.

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    Maker: Monro, Ronald Keith

    EL GAZALA, LIBYA. 1942-01-02. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF AT GUNNERY PRACTICE.

    023031

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    Libya. C. 1942. Australian fighter pilots of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, who fly Kittyhawk aircraft, ...

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    Libya. C. 1942. Australian fighter pilots of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, who fly Kittyhawk aircraft, telling the story of a battle with enemy aircraft to an American observer, second from left. On this engag...

    SUK14950

  7.

    Western Desert, Egypt. 3 October 1942. Squadron Leader Alan Douglas Ferguson, Commanding Officer ...

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    Western Desert, Egypt. 3 October 1942. Squadron Leader Alan Douglas Ferguson, Commanding Officer of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron in the Middle East (right) talking with one of his officers at their He...

    MED0619

  8.

    MSUS, LIBYA. 1942-01-08. FLYING OFFICER J.A. MCINTOSH OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF IN THE COCKPIT OF ...

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    Maker: Monro, Ronald Keith

    MSUS, LIBYA. 1942-01-08. FLYING OFFICER J.A. MCINTOSH OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF IN THE COCKPIT OF HIS KITTYHAWK.

    023101

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    ANTELAT, LIBYA. 1942-01-17. DAMIEN PARER, A DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION CINEMATOGRAPHER, FILMING ...

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    ANTELAT, LIBYA. 1942-01-17. DAMIEN PARER, A DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION CINEMATOGRAPHER, FILMING THE TAKEOFF OF A NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF KITTYHAWK.

    023312

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    MILDURA, VIC. 1942-06-16. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 2 (FIGHTER) OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, RAAF, ...

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    MILDURA, VIC. 1942-06-16. KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF NO. 2 (FIGHTER) OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, RAAF, ON THE AIRFIELD. THEY ARE PILOTED BY FIVE RAAF PILOTS WHO WON THE DFC, INCLUDING SQUADRON LEADER FRANK ...

    P00456.003

  11.

    Western Desert, Egypt. c. September 1942. Mr Wendell Willkie, Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal ...

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    Western Desert, Egypt. c. September 1942. Mr Wendell Willkie, Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal emissary abroad (left), shaking hands with Squadron Leader Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes, the Comma...

    MED0566

  12.

    Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1942. Portrait of 565 Flight Lieutenant W. S. Arthur DFC of ...

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    Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1942. Portrait of 565 Flight Lieutenant W. S. Arthur DFC of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF who is credited with shooting down eleven enemy aircraft out of a squadro...

    MED2106

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    Western Desert, 28 October 1942. A Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk fighter aircraft, code CV-R, serial no. ...

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    Western Desert, 28 October 1942. A Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk fighter aircraft, code CV-R, serial no. FR241, of 250 Squadron RAF taxies across the airfield before taking off on a sortie. Only a short time...

    MED0687

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    Darwin, NT. C. 1942-06-19. Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk fighter aircraft of the USAAF 49th Fighter ...

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    Maker: McNeil, John Earl (Earl)

    Darwin, NT. C. 1942-06-19. Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk fighter aircraft of the USAAF 49th Fighter Group. The aircraft closest to the camera, number 51, L Ace, was flown by Lieutenant James Bruce Morehead wh...

    AC0175

  15.

    Western Desert, Egypt. 19 July 1942. 'Never mind the fighters, go for the bombers'. With this ...

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    Western Desert, Egypt. 19 July 1942. 'Never mind the fighters, go for the bombers'. With this order, Acting Squadron Leader Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes RAAF, and Commanding Officer of No. 3 (K...

    MED0508

  16.

    MSUS, LIBYA. 1942-01-08. FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT K. JACKSON OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF WATCHING ...

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    Maker: Monro, Ronald Keith

    MSUS, LIBYA. 1942-01-08. FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT K. JACKSON OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF WATCHING LEADING-AIRCRAFTMEN C.S. BURTON AND E.J. SAVAGE REARMING HIS KITTYHAWK FIGHTER AFTER HE HAD EXHAUSTED HIS AMMUNIT...

    023114

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    MSUS, LIBYA. 1942-01-08. FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT ED JACKSON OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF WATCHING ...

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    Maker: Monro, Ronald Keith

    MSUS, LIBYA. 1942-01-08. FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT ED JACKSON OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF WATCHING LEADING-AIRCRAFTMEN O.S. BARTON AND E.J. SAVAGE REARMING HIS KITTYHAWK FIGHTER AFTER HE HAD EXHAUSTED HIS AMMUNIT...

    023115

  18.

    MILDURA, VIC. 1942-06-16. FIVE RAAF PILOTS WHO WON THE DFC ON THE TARMAC. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ...

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    MILDURA, VIC. 1942-06-16. FIVE RAAF PILOTS WHO WON THE DFC ON THE TARMAC. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: SQUADRON LEADER F. FISCHER OF NO. 3 SQUADRON RAAF, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT C.W. WAWN OF NO. 452 SQUADRON RAAF, S...

    P00456.002

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    Flying Officers (FO) James Andrew McIntosh (left) and 250696 Elvas Arthur Bradbury of No. 3 ...

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    Flying Officers (FO) James Andrew McIntosh (left) and 250696 Elvas Arthur Bradbury of No. 3 Squadron, RAAF (later Squadron Leader, 34 Squadron) inspecting the damaged windscreen of a Kittyhawk piloted...

    023161

  20.

    Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1942. A captured German flag presented by a Senior Officer of ...

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    Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1942. A captured German flag presented by a Senior Officer of the RAF to No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF in Libya, signalling that the Squadron's total of enemy airc...

    MED2105

  21.

    The grave near El Adam of 402137 Sergeant (Sgt) Frank Blunden Reid pilot of 3 (Kittyhawk) ...

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    The grave near El Adam of 402137 Sergeant (Sgt) Frank Blunden Reid pilot of 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF. Sgt. Reid was killed in operations with the squadron on 15 February, 1942, aged twenty six year...

    UK0195

  22.

    742 Flying Officer (FO) James Andrew McIntosh of Goodwood, South Australia, sitting in the ...

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    Maker: Monro, Ronald Keith

    742 Flying Officer (FO) James Andrew McIntosh of Goodwood, South Australia, sitting in the cockpit of his Curtiss Kittyhawk aircraft. FO McIntosh was serving with 3 Squadron, and was killed in the Mid...

    023100

  23.

    MILDURA, VIC. 1942-06-16. FIVE RAAF PILOTS WHO WON THE DFC. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, SQUADRON LEADER ...

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    MILDURA, VIC. 1942-06-16. FIVE RAAF PILOTS WHO WON THE DFC. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, SQUADRON LEADER KEITH "BLUEY" TRUSCOTT OF NO. 452 SQUADRON, SQUADRON LEADER P. JEFFREY OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, FLIGHT LIEUTEN...

    P00456.001

  24.

    New Guinea. August 1942. Among this group of pilots now operating against the Japanese in New ...

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    Maker: Parer, Damien Peter

    New Guinea. August 1942. Among this group of pilots now operating against the Japanese in New Guinea are men who flew with the Desert Harrassers No. 3 Squadron RAAF in the Middle East. Their reputatio...

    150492

  25.

    Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1944. The shield of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF Desert ...

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    Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock

    Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1944. The shield of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF Desert Harassers Boomerang Club on which a permanent record of pilots who have "walked back" is kept. Names liste...

    MEB0143

  26.

    Informal group portrait of five members of 3 Squadron RAAF standing under the propeller of a ...

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    Maker: Parer, Damien Peter

    Informal group portrait of five members of 3 Squadron RAAF standing under the propeller of a Tomahawk fighter aircraft, an early variant of the Kittyhawk. From left to right: 60452 Squadron Leader Pet...

    008198

  27.

    Studio portrait of 402718 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) (later Pilot Officer) Ross Biden, 3 Squadron ...

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    Maker: Unknown

    Studio portrait of 402718 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) (later Pilot Officer) Ross Biden, 3 Squadron RAAF, from Cremorne, NSW. Flt Sgt Biden enlisted on 14 October 1940 and trained in Rhodesia. Joining 3 ...

    P03535.001

  28.

    CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. HENNON, UNITED STATES AIR ACE FROM MINNESOTA, NOW WITH AN AMERICAN KITTYHAWK ...

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    Maker: McNeil, John Earl (Earl)

    CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. HENNON, UNITED STATES AIR ACE FROM MINNESOTA, NOW WITH AN AMERICAN KITTYHAWK SQUADRON OPERATING AGAINST THE JAPANESE FROM AN AUSTRALIAN BASE. (NEGATIVE BY MCNEIL). Immediately pr...

    012629

  29.

    Informal group portrait of five members of 3 Squadron RAAF standing under the propeller of a ...

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    Maker: Parer, Damien Peter

    Informal group portrait of five members of 3 Squadron RAAF standing under the propeller of a Tomahawk fighter aircraft, an early variant of the Kittyhawk. From left to right: 60452 Squadron Leader P...

    P03869.004

  30.

    O35392 Flying Officer (FO) Andrew William ‘Nicky’ Barr rests in a tent after traveling three days ...

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    O35392 Flying Officer (FO) Andrew William ‘Nicky’ Barr rests in a tent after traveling three days through enemy territory after his aircraft was shot down. His visitors are Squadron Leader Dixie Chapm...

    023230

  31.

    O35392 Flying Officer (FO) Andrew William ‘Nicky’ Barr rests in a tent after traveling three days ...

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    O35392 Flying Officer (FO) Andrew William ‘Nicky’ Barr rests in a tent after traveling three days through enemy territory after his aircraft was shot down. He has his temperature taken by Squadron Med...

    023231

  32.

    Studio portrait of O35392 Squadron Leader Andrew William 'Nicky' Barr, RAAF, MC, DFC and Bar. ...

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    Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock

    Studio portrait of O35392 Squadron Leader Andrew William 'Nicky' Barr, RAAF, MC, DFC and Bar. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 10 December 1915, Andrew William Barr grew up in Melbourne, Victoria. ...

    MEA1372

  33.

    Studio portrait of O35392 Squadron Leader Andrew William 'Nicky' Barr, RAAF, MC, DFC and Bar. ...

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    Studio portrait of O35392 Squadron Leader Andrew William 'Nicky' Barr, RAAF, MC, DFC and Bar. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 10 December 1915, Andrew William Barr grew up in Melbourne, Victoria. ...

    UK1197

  34.

    Informal portrait of O35392 Flying Officer (FO) Andrew William ‘Nicky’ Barr, RAAF. Born in ...

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    Informal portrait of O35392 Flying Officer (FO) Andrew William ‘Nicky’ Barr, RAAF. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 10 December 1915, Andrew William Barr grew up in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1939 Bar...

    SUK10717

  35.

    Middle East. c. 1942. Three ground crew members, probably of No. 3 Squadron RAAF discuss ...

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    Middle East. c. 1942. Three ground crew members, probably of No. 3 Squadron RAAF discuss technical problems near the squadron's Kittyhawk aircraft.

    P02018.097

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