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3 SQUADRON PICTURE DIRECTORY ....

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Over Grand Harbour, Malta.  (Painting by Anthony Saunders)

 

WORLD WAR I


 

A collection of WW1 photos of bases and events

 



Captured German Halberstadt after RAF markings had been applied.

Photos from WW1's 2A/C Harold Edwards' collection.  They include some 3 Squadron's airfield locations during 1917-18.

 



For keen followers of World War One aircraft, here is a page that, whilst it isn't about 3 Squadron, has some authentic and extra-ordinary aircraft pictures taken in 1917-18 by a RNAS man, Captain Harold Watson whilst he was a Navy pilot, specialising in experimental flying from various WW1 ships.

 

A few WW1 prangs

 

 

 

WORLD WAR II...

Designed in 1943 by Norm French ("Frenchie") and based on the Eighth Army Shield, this  "Kittyhawk" emblem became the Squadron's Desert Air Force badge of honour ... The red symbolising the blood shed; the yellow, the sands of the desert; and the cross and shield representing the "crusade" which the Squadron undertook as a fighter-bomber unit...
CLICK HERE FOR NEIL SMITH'S WW2 PICTORIAL NARRATIVE
 




"Prangs for the Memories"  Photos of 1941 Palestine and Syria from the Harry Clare Collection...
 


 A few photos of "Buzz", the pet monkey of Tiny Cameron, who was a pilot with 3 Squadron during the desert war in 1941.

 

 

The Lou Kemp Collection

Personalities, landscapes and captured enemy aircraft from Africa and Italy.

 


Sid Coates Collection 1944-45 (Click here to view Sid's album)

 


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Dive-bombing an Italian boat.

Arthur Pardey's 1945 Italy Collection ...   

 

 

 
MODERN DAY IMAGES

 

Drew Harrison's "Jet Age" Paintings:

 
 

 

 


Two 3SQN F/A-18s escort a Jindivik remote-controlled target-drone.

 


In their 2002 TV production, "Battle of the Forces", Channel 7 showed how the 3 Squadron at Williamtown handle their war-games:

 

 

The Fred and Meg McKay Peace Garden)

 

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