Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1943. Warrant Officer J. Leatham of Nowra, NSW, (left) and Air ...

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Accession Number MEA1040
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Date made c 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1943. Warrant Officer J. Leatham of Nowra, NSW, (left) and Air Gunner, Flight Sergeant T. E. Dillon of Cootamundra, NSW, on their way back to the operations room to make their report after completion of convoy patrol over the Mediterranean. They are members of No. 459 (Hudson) Squadron RAAF, a Naval Co-operation Squadron, operating from a landing ground in the Western Desert. Behind them is a Lockheed Hudson aircraft.