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  • | caption = Ground crews of 450 Squadron in Malta preparing Kittyhawk fighter-bombers for operations during the invasion of Sicily, 1943 - AWM SU In February 1942, now with their own pilots, and [[Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk]] aircraft they began a 15 month stretch operating as fighters and fighter/
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  • | caption2 = A Curtiss Tomahawk Mark IIB of No. 250 Squadron RAF raises the dust at Sidi Haneish A ...began operations in the Western Desert. In February 1942 they converted to Kittyhawk aircraft and returned to the desert as a fighter bomber unit, providing sup
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  • ...on was formed at Pearce, Western Australia on 16 March 1942. Equipped with Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawks, it formed the main air defence for Perth until July when ...e launched a huge a1r strike on Milne Bay on 14 April. For the loss of one Kittyhawk, four enemy bombers and two fighters were destroyed w1th another five bombe
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