File:Fairchild A-942 RAF Egypt.jpg

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A Fairchild A-942 amphibian (also Fairchild A-91, s/n HK832) in service with the Royal Air Force in Egypt. It was lost in mid-1943 after hitting a submerged object.

Original caption: "American "Fairchild" aircraft. American "Fairchild" amphibian aircraft being used by the Air Sea Rescue Service of the Middle East Command in their search over the Mediterrinean for pilots who have been forced down into the sea."
Date between 1942 and 1943
date QS:P,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID fsa.8b05768.
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Author Image source: Official British photo. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
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