Desert photographs

Desert photographs

1. An airman outside a tent with a billy can, captioned '"Pop" Bobby - 104 Sqdn visiting for tea. Ditched in Med after Naples Raid. Drowned'.
2. Airman in shorts digging, captioned 'Making a new home'.
3. Airman standing at the entrance to his tent, captioned 'Home sweet home in W. Desert'.
4. Airman sitting at entrance to a tent with a dog, captioned 'Home with friend'.
5. Airman sitting on a basin beside a lorry, captioned 'Bathtime when water available'.
6. Uniformed airman, three quarter length portrait, captioned 'Pose for Gals left behind'.
7. Dark image of an airman captioned 'F/D Rolph-London - he would take out his teeth and read us smutty stories. Shot down over Messina'.

One sheet with seven copied photographs with handwritten captions

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