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RAF servicemen conduncting daily routine maintenance on Spitfire Mk VC.

Details:

Title

RAF servicemen conduncting daily routine maintenance on Spitfire Mk VC.,

Photo number

PCA0063/0033,

Collection

Ernest Weatherhead Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1943,

Location

Nightcliff,

Description

Handwriting on back of photo: Military History 52821. Most likely RAF maintenance men doing a Daily Inspection for the initialling in service manual E/E.77 that the plane is airworthy for the next 24 hours. Squiggles at bottom of picture are shadow from camouflage netting above plane in dispersal bay, RAAF Base Darwin.,

Notes

Supplied by Millitary History Section (S.D.9),

Language

en,

Subject

Nightcliff Camp, Darwin 1943, Royal Air Force RAF, Fighter Squadron 54,

Digital format

4162 x 6000 pixels : 24bpp ; 71.4Mb, back 70.4Mb,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 10.7 x 15.5 cm,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library& Archives NT,

Related links

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1129276 [NAA: RAAF Unit History sheets (Form A50) Operations Record Book - Forms A50 and A51 Number 54 Base Squadron June 42 - Aug 45],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/939781,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/939982

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/939981,