The seven photographs shown above are part of an anonymous donation, by a relative, of the photographic collection of a former member of No. 3 Squadron RAAF 1939-1945. They cover the African, Sicily and Italian campaigns. The entire collection comprises 175 photographs. The collection has been divided into sets depicting various aspects of 3 Squadron operations. The above images are representative of this particular set of 34 photographs, featuring allied aircraft from British and American squadrons that that shared airfields with 3 Squadron in Africa and Italy. Of note are the photographs from Foggia in Italy, home to dozens of bomber and fighter squadrons. The museum has digitized the complete set.Set of 34 black and white photographs featuring Allied aircraft from other squadrons, Australian, British and American. The full set numbering and description is as follows: 9664.01P Avro Anson Africa.jpg 9664.02P B 17 Italy 2.jpg 9664.03P B17 Italy.jpg 9664.04P B17 Lil Joan 346 Bombr Squadron 99th bomb group Italy.jpg 9664.05P B17.jpg 9664.06P B24 Foggia Italy.jpg 9664.07P B24 Liberator Italy.jpg 9664.08P B24 Transport.jpg 9664.09P B25 Mitchell 1943.jpg 9664.10P B25 Mitchell Italy.jpg 9664.11P Beaufighter with nose radar.jpg 9664.12P Beaufighter.jpg 9664.13P Beaufort.jpg 9664.14P Bristol Blenheim.jpg 9664.15P Bristol Bombay 1st Ambulance Air Unit Africa.jpg 9664.16P Crashed Havoc.jpg 9664.17P Crashed Liberator Italy.jpg 9664.18P Crashed Spitfire.jpg 9664.19P DeHavilland DH86 .jpg 9664.20P Formation of Baltimores at Mtapin Malapis.jpg 9664.21P Havoc.jpg 9664.22P Hawker Fury Africa.jpg 9664.23P Lightening.jpg 9664.24P Lockheed Hudson.jpg 9664.25P Mosquito.jpg 9664.26P P38 Lightning Italy.jpg 9664.27P P47D Thunderbolt.jpg 9664.28P P47G Thunderbolt .jpg 9664.29P Shanghai Lil insignia on Mitchell Loggia Italy 1943.jpg 9664.30P Vultee Vengeance .jpg 9664.31P Walrus.jpg 9664.32P Wellington.jpg 9664.33P Wimpy.jpg 9664.34P Harrow.jpgno. 3 squadron raaf 1939-1945, african campaign ww2, italian campaign ww2, raf squadrons, usaaf squadrons

The seven photographs shown above are part of an anonymous donation, by a relative, of the photographic collection of a former member of No. 3 Squadron RAAF 1939-1945. They cover the African, Sicily and Italian campaigns. The entire collection comprises 175 photographs. The collection has been divided into sets depicting various aspects of 3 Squadron operations. The above images are representative of this particular set of 45 photographs, featuring aircrew, groundcrew and other personnel. The museum has digitized the complete set.Set of 45 black and white photographs featuring groundcrew, aircrew and other personnel . The full set numbering and description is as follows: 9665.01P Africa 14-7 The end of a burnt out Kittyhawk.jpg 9665.02P Africa 16-2 Ikingi Maryat camp near Alexandria.jpg 9665.03P Africa 18-5 Benghazi.jpg 9665.04P Africa 22-1 Tripoli.jpg 9665.05P Africa 23-5 Cooks at Marble Arch Africa.jpg 9665.06P Africa17-3 Pongo Dan Hughes in underground hut El Hamma.jpg 9665.07P Airfield Italy.jpg 9665.08P Antiaircraft.jpg 9665.09P Bofors crew.jpg 9665.10P Bomb 1.jpg 9665.11P Bomb 2.jpg 9665.12P Bomb 3.jpg 9665.13P British regiment awaiting invasion embarkation.jpg 9665.14P Caption Cape Fil Ami.jpg 9665.15P Christmas dinner Foggia 2.jpg 9665.16P Christmas Dinner Foggia.jpg 9665.17P Crashed Italian aircraft.jpg 9665.18P DC 3.jpg 9665.19P Dead German artillery crew.jpg 9665.20P Goundcrew 3.jpg 9665.21P Graves desert.jpg 9665.22P Graves in Italy.jpg 9665.23P Groundcrew 1.jpg 9665.24P Groundcrew 2.jpg 9665.25P Italy Foggia 3.jpg 9665.26P Italy Foggia 4.jpg 9665.27P Italy 2.jpg 9665.28P Italy 21-3 Foggia.jpg 9665.29P Italy Foggia 10.jpg 9665.30P Italy Foggia 2.jpg 9665.31P Italy Foggia 5.jpg 9665.32P Italy Foggia 6.jpg 9665.33P Italy Foggia 7.jpg 9665.34P Italy Foggia 8.jpg 9665.35P Italy Foggia 9.jpg 9665.36P Italy Foggia.jpg 9665.37P Italy.jpg 9665.38P Jack Jones in a cargo bus DC3.jpg 9665.39P Jack Rourke and his uncle.jpg 9665.40P P40 Maintenance.jpg 9665.41P Sicily on the way to Sicily.jpg 9665.42P Sicily DC3.jpg 9665.43P Sicily Douglas DC3 .jpg 9665.44P Tripoli Kings Birthday Tripoli.jpg 9665.45P Unknown pilot.jpgno. 3 squadron raaf 1939-1945, african campaign ww2, italian campaign ww2

The seven photographs shown above are part of an anonymous donation, by a relative, of the photographic collection of a former member of No. 3 Squadron RAAF 1939-1945. They cover the African, Sicily and Italian campaigns. The entire collection comprises 175 photographs. The collection has been divided into sets depicting various aspects of 3 Squadron operations. The above images are representative of this particular set of 31 photographs, featuring Italian and German aircraft abandoned by the Axis as the Allies advanced through Africa and Italy. They range from various versions of the ME109, German bombers and rare and interesting Italian aircraft. The museum has digitized the complete set.Set of 31 black and white photographs featuring German and Italian aircraft shot down, shot-up and captured at airfields taken over by 3 Squadron . The full set numbering and description is as follows: 9663.01P Africa BF109E.jpg 9663.02P Wrecked Junkers 52 Africa.jpg 9663.03P BF 109 and JU 88.jpg 9663.04P BF 109 worse for wear.jpg 9663.05P Caproni Ghibli caption - Italian kite Gibly.jpg 9663.06P Caproni transport.jpg 9663.07P Fiat CR42.jpg 9663.08P Focke Wulf 109 Italy Foggia.jpg 9663.09P Focke Wulf 190F8 of SG4 Italy 1944.jpg 9663.10P FW109 and JU88 Italy.jpg 9663.11P Heinkel III Africa.jpg 9663.12P Heinkel III.jpg 9663.13P Henschel HS129.jpg 9663.14P Italy Fiat CR42.jpg 9663.15P Italy Fiat G50.jpg 9663.16P Italy Junkers 88 Squiggle camo.jpg 9663.17P Italy Junkers 88.jpg 9663.18P Italy Messerschmitt 109G.jpg 9663.19P Italy Sicily Junkers 88 of Kampfgeschwader 54.jpg 9663.20P JU 87 Stuka and BF 109.jpg 9663.21P JU 88 Italy Foggia.jpg 9663.22P JU 88.jpg 9663.23P Junkers 88.jpg 9663.24P Macchi C200 Saetta.jpg 9663.25P ME 109 Africa 2.jpg 9663.26P ME 109 Africa.jpg 9663.27P ME 109.jpg 9663.28P ME 110 in boneyard.jpg 9663.29P Messerschmitt 109E with Italian post-armistice markings 9663.30P Italian Savoia Marchetti SM81.jpg 9663.31P Italian Piaggio P108.jpgno. 3 squadron raaf 1939-1945, african campaign ww2, italian campaign ww2, luftwaffe, regia aeronautica

The four photographs shown above are part of an anonymous donation, by a relative, of the photographic collection of a former member of No. 3 Squadron RAAF 1939-1945. They cover the African, Sicily and Italian campaigns. The entire collection comprises 175 photographs. The collection has been divided into sets depicting various aspects of 3 Squadron operations. The above images are representative of this particular set of 45 photographs, featuring places and miscellaneous subjects . The museum has digitized the complete set.Set of 23 black and white photographs featuring landscapes and miscellaneous subjects . The full set numbering and description is as follows: 9666.01P Africa Alexandria.jpg 9666.02P Africa Indians in Bren carrier.jpg 9666.03P Blown bridge 1.jpg 9666.04P Blown bridge 2.jpg 9666.05P Blown bridge 3.jpg 9666.06P Bridge.jpg 9666.07P Camp at Gates.jpg 9666.08P Crusader tank.jpg 9666.09P Foggia 2.jpg 9666.10P Foggia.jpg 9666.11P Grant tank.jpg 9666.13P Honey tank.jpg 9666.14P Italy Foggia 4.jpg 9666.15P Italy Foggia 13-2.jpg 9666.16P Italy Foggia 3.jpg 9666.17P Italy Foggia 5.jpg 9666.18P Italy Foggia 6.jpg 9666.19P Italy Foggia 7.jpg 9666.20P Italy Foggia.jpg 9666.21P Italy.jpg 9666.22P Jerusalem British war cemetary.jpg 9666.23P Officers in jeep.jpg 9666.24P Sign in Africa.jpgno. 3 squadron raaf 1939-1945, african campaign ww2, italian campaign ww2

Medal issued by Italian Government to those who served in Ethiopia 1939-45.Round medal - a dark brown heavy medal, black and blue ribbon with bar.Front: D'ITALIA.IMP.DI.ETHIOPIA.VITT.EM.111.RE, Head Profile. Back: AFRICA ORIENTALE. MOLTI NEMICI MOLTO ONORE. Bar on Ribbon - Dagger with laurel.ww2, medal, ethiopia campaign

These Italian grenades were developed near similtaniously during WW2, named “OTTO, BREDA SRCM”. They were nicknamed “Red Devils” by the British in the Desert campaigns and had an effective range of 10 - 15 metres..1) .2) .3) Three versions of the Italian Model 35 Hand Grenade, all cylinder shaped painted red with differant styles of black top/side workings.otto.breda.srcm, italian grenades

Shell for the Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34. This gun fired a 6.5kg shell to an effective range/height 8,500 metres. Australians encountered these weapons in North Africa from 1941 to 1942. Brass shell with cast iron projectile.S M I 14-6-39 L.7 U.T.A.N FIRENZEworld war two, ww2, second world war, italian, north africa, north africa campaign, cannone da 75/46 c.a. modello 34, 75mm anti-aircraft round

Hard cover, no dust cover 208 pages Text with black and white and colour photos

The seven photographs shown above are part of an anonymous donation by a relative of the photographic collection of a former member of No. 3 Squadron RAAF 1939-1945. They cover the African, Sicily and Italian campaigns. The entire collection comprises 175 photographs. The collection has been divided into sets depicting various aspects of 3 Squadron operations. The above images are representative of this particular set of 39 photographs, featuring the various aircraft used by No. 3 Squadron, mainly the P40 Kittyhawk and variants. The museum had digitized the complete set.Set of 39 black and white photographs featuring aircraft flown by No. 3 Squadron RAAF in WW2. The full set numbering and description is as follows: 9662.01P 3 Squadron Africa P40.jpg 9662.02P 3 Squadron Africa Lysander.jpg 9662.03P 3 Squadron badly damaged P40 Tripoli.jpg 9662.04P 3 Squadron Italy P40 with nose art .jpg 9662.05P 3 Squadron P40 Italy 1943.jpg 9662.06P 3 Squadron P40s.jpg 9662.07P 3 Squadron Mustang Italy 1944.jpg 9662.08P P40 caption Sicily 2.jpg 9662.09P P40 Sicily.jpg 9662.10P 3 Squadron bad prang Sicily.jpg 9662.11P 3 Squadron P40 showing tail fin.jpg 9662.12P 3 Squadron Mustang Italy .jpg 9662.13P 3 Squadron Mustang Italy dispersal.jpg 9662.14P Africa Lysander.jpg 9662.15P Africa Lysander.jpg 9662.16P Africa Lysander.jpg 9662.17P Africa Spitfire of 417 Squadron RCAF.jpg 9662.18P American P40.jpg 9662.19P Caption The famous Spitfire.jpg 9662.20P Italy Foggia.jpg 9662.21P Italy P40 .jpg 9662.22P Italy P40 Caption On the job in Italy.jpg 9662.23P Italy P40 taken in Italy.jpg 9662.24P P40 Africa.jpg 9662.25P P40.jpg 9662.26P P40 250 Squadron RAF Sicily Sicily.jpg 9662.27P P40 Africa.jpg 9662.28P P40 ground crew.jpg 9662.29P P40 Italy .jpg 9662.30P P40 loaded with bombs.jpg 9662.31P P40 of 112 Squadron RAF.jpg 9662.32P P40 prang caption Sicily.jpg 9662.33P P40 prang caption Sicily.jpg 9662.34P Pranged P40s from 112 and 250 Squadrons RAF.jpg 9662.35P P40s taking off.jpg 9662.36P Mustang Italy 1944.jpg 9662.37P Sicily P40 bad prang caption taken in Sicily.jpg 9662.38P Squadron P40 prang.jpg 9662.39P Gloster Gladiator Africa .jpgno. 3 squadron raaf 1939-1945, p40 kittyhawk, african campaign ww2