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WESTERN DESERT, C. 1944. PERSONNEL OF NO. 459 SQUADRON RAAF, STANDING AND SEATED UPON A BALTIMORE ...

P00637.001
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Place Africa: North Africa, Western Desert
Accession Number P00637.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

WESTERN DESERT, C. 1944. PERSONNEL OF NO. 459 SQUADRON RAAF, STANDING AND SEATED UPON A BALTIMORE BOMBER. (DONOR R. CALVERT)

  • WESTERN DESERT, C. 1944. BALTIMORE BOMBER "Q" FOR QUEENIE, OF NO. 459 SQUADRON RAAF, ON THE ...
  • AN EXAMPLE OF NOSE ART ON THE SIDE OF A MARTIN BALTIMORE BOMBER, "GENTLEMAN GEORGE", OF NO. 459 ...
  • NEAR BENGHAZI, LIBYA, 1944. CAMP OF NO.459 SQUADRON RAAF DURING A SAND STORM. (DONOR R. CALVERT)
  • WESTERN DESERT, C. 1944. CAMP OF NO. 459 SQUADRON RAAF DURING A SAND STORM. PEGS INDICATING ROAD ...
  • WESTERN DESERT, C. 1944. PERSONNEL OF NO. 459 SQUADRON RAAF CLEARING UP AFTER A SAND STORM. ...
  • WESTERN DESERT, C. 1944. CAMP OF NO. 459 SQUADRON RAAF AFTER 4 INCHES OF RAIN (DONOR R. CALVERT)
  • WESTERN DESERT, C. 1944. COMPANY SIGNBOARD FOR NO. 459 SQUADRON, RAAF. (DONOR R. CALVERT)

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Conflicts

  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Units

  • No. 459 Squadron

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  • Africa: North Africa, Western Desert

Subjects

  • Group portraits
  • Lockheed Hudson
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