THIS SQUADRON HAD ACCOUNTED FOR FOUR SCORE ENEMY MACHINES WHEN THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN, SHOWING ...

Accession Number 010927
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Silk, George
Place made North Africa: Western Desert
Date made 23 December 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

THIS SQUADRON HAD ACCOUNTED FOR FOUR SCORE ENEMY MACHINES WHEN THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN, SHOWING A SAVAGE SHARK'S HEAD PAINTED ON ONE OF THE 'PLANES, A CONTRAST TO INSIGNIA IN THE PILOTS MESS READING "AS GENTLE AS A LAMB". (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

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