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Guide to the photograph album Royal Air Force in Iraq and Sharjah during WWII - Volume I AD.MC.013.v1

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Four portraits of servicemen, one stands in front of a Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) refreshment facility.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Clockwise from top left: the grounds at the back of the Habbaniya camp, a view of Kenley Road, and Air Headquarters Iraq (link ref n000016).: Circa 1941 - 1942

An album page with English writing: The Fortunes of War. RAF VS Rebels: May 1941

Iraqi weapons. : Circa 1941 - 1942

British-made war tanks and armoured cars "used by rebels". : Circa 1941 - 1942

Top: A tank; Bottom: a wrecked airplane.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Two photographs of a wrecked Messerschmitt Bf 110 airplane and servicemen surrounding one. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Two photographs of the skeletal remains of a body.: Circa 1941 - 1942

Two photographs of the skeletal remains of a body.: Circa 1941 - 1942

A hand-tinted photograph of two men and a dog. : Circa 1941 - 1942

A hand-tinted photograph of four men wearing matching outfits. : Circa 1941 - 1942

A poem entitled The Siege of Habbaniyah (Please note: This material has been digitized in its entirety and contains racist and culturally insensitive remarks).: Circa 1941 - 1942

A poem entitled "The Call of the West" (Please note: This material has been digitized in its entirety and contains racist and culturally insensitive remarks).: Circa 1941 - 1942

A group portrait of four RAF servicemen - Snapper, Son, Spike, and Johnny in Habbaniyah, Iraq. : 1942

Left: a shell hole in the roof of the NAAFI canteen. Right: four men in bathing suits. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Portraits of men in the Tigris Palace Hotel and overlooking the Tigris River. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Two individual portraits of the same serviceman. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Group portraits of three servicemen playing pool/billiards and sitting outdoors. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Group portraits of servicemen sitting and riding in a carriage. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Left: houses; Right: women carrying water from the Euphrates River (Please note: This material has been digitized in its entirety and contains racist and culturally insensitive remarks).: Circa 1941 - 1942

Left: a dried river bed; Right: a group portrait of five servicemen. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Group portraits of five servicemen posing with a dog in Habbaniyah, Iraq. : Circa 1941 - 1942

Captioned: Magneto repair section.Left: a group portrait of five soldiers posing with a dog; Right: a group of two soldiers in Habbaniyah, Iraq. : 1942

Views of Al Rashid Street in Baghdad, Iraq. : Circa 1941 - 1942

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Akkasah: Photography Archive (NYU Abu Dhabi)

New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 129188

https://akkasah.org/