Caption of the photo AWM 010895: Two members of No 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, prepare a cross for the grave of Squadron Leader P. R. Heath who was shot down in air combat on Nov 19, 1940, when four of the Squadron's Gladiator aircraft were attacked east of Rabia by eighteen Italian CR-42 fighters. Victor Sierra

A cross for a pilot

Some exemplars of Caproni Ca.309 “Ghibli”, captured in North Africa, were employed by Allied forces for secondary roles like the liaison. The plane of the photo is a Ca.309 captured and employed by No 3 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force for light transport and liaison. Photo taken in Egypt, 1943. Victor Sierra

An “Australian Ghibli”

Western Desert, Egypt, August 14, 1942: an Australian Kittyhawk fighter-bomber damaged in aerial combat has made a forced landing near El Alamein. Note cannon shell hole above the code’s letter “W” and the bottom part of the rudder taken away. Victor Sierra