A Mustang aircraft of 3 Squadron RAAF on the airfield, one of the first Mustang aircraft with ...

Accession Number P03372.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Hadfield, William
Place made North Africa: Western Desert
Date made c 24 August 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

A Mustang aircraft of 3 Squadron RAAF on the airfield, one of the first Mustang aircraft with which the squadron had been re-equipped. The Mustangs were much faster than the previous aircraft, the Kittyhawk, and could carry a bigger bomb load.

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