Western Desert, North Africa. 4 December 1941. An RAF flying officer with a bandaged right arm, ...

Accession Number MED0157
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Western Desert, North Africa. 4 December 1941. An RAF flying officer with a bandaged right arm, returned from a battle over Libya in which he shot down an Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM79 Sparviero bomber aircraft and a German Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter aircraft, with American correspondent Miss Morley Brook Lister.