| Places | |
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| Accession Number | SUK10989 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Cairo, Egypt. C. 1943-06. A native gali-gali man (conjuror) entertaining a group at the Delta ...
Description
Cairo, Egypt. C. 1943-06. A native gali-gali man (conjuror) entertaining a group at the Delta Barrage gardens. In the group are members of the crew of an RAF Halifax bomber which was one of a formation attacking a target in Italy in 1943-05 but was forced by engine failure to put down in rough seas in the Mediterranean. The crew then spent eleven days in a dinghy before being washed ashore on the North African coast. One of the crew was 16655 Sergeant C. D. Curnow of SA.