The nose of a Royal Australian Air Force’s Curtiss Kittyhawk, North Africa, Western Desert, allegedly on 1942. Victor Sierra

Fighter’s nose 

My father in Melbourne, May 1943. On his way to see a young lady. The greatcoat over his arm, he tells me, was known as a 'groundsheet' on such occasions.

L.A.C. Franklin Johns

Squadron Leader R. Davies, RAAF Padre, conducts a service for an advanced Kittyhawk fighter bomber wing to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Britain, at Bari Airport, Italy, Autumn 1943. The service is conducted at the front of a hangar and the Australian flag is tied to an Italian bomber Savoia-Marchetti S.81 and the Union Jack flag is draped in front of the altar. Victor Sierra