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Description Three Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IIIs of No. 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force, preparing to depart from Medenine, Tunisia, on a sortie. The pilots of FR472 `GA-L' and FR440 `GA-V', are waiting for the section leader in the farthest aircraft to move out. All three Kittyhawks display the squadron's distinctive 'shark mouth' insignia.
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This photograph TR 975 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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