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THE AUTHOR'S PHOTO ALBUM

Mostly captured Axis equipment


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German halftrack Sonderkraftfahrzeug 7, captured at Takrouna. This was usually used to tow the famous '88' gun.
German Mk4 tank (6928 bytes)
Destroyed German Mk4 tank (Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausführung F1)
Kiwi soldiers inspect a down German aircraft (6133 bytes)
Kiwi soldiers inspect a downed American P40 Kittyhawk aircraft outside Mersa Matruh
Windrows of wrecked aircraft (6865 bytes)
Wingless Italian fighters piled up at the Castel Benito airfield near Tripoli - possibly waiting for repair. The Macchi 202 under the crane is from the 97th Squadriglia, 4th Stormo Caccia. The aircraft  in the left foreground, with the number 375 - 10, is a Fiat G 50 of the 375th Squadriglia. Most of the other aircraft are Macchi 220s. (Thanks to Guido Ronconi for identification.)
 

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