The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A battle day photograph taken during the attack by the Australian and American troops at Hamel. Hamel Wood is seen in the background on the left. Two parachutes can be seen just previously dropped from aircraft and carrying ammunition to the forward troops. The supply of ammunition by parachutes was a pre-arranged part of aircraft cooperation.
A parachute, used as an ammunition carrier, caught in the trees at Vaire Wood, during the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918, when the supply of ammunition to the infantry by means of parachutes was a fea
The remains of RE8 C4580 which was shot down at Hamel Wood, by the enemy, after it had succeeded in dropping ammunition to the forward troops by means of parachutes. One of the parachutes can be seen
Depicts the Battle of Hamel, July 1918. Australian Corps were under the command of General John Monash (the Battle of Hamel was his first operational success; the Australians had artillery support of
At Sea. C. 1945-04. An airborne lifeboat, suspended from five parachutes, being dropped from a RAF Warwick air/sea rescue aircraft dead on to the sea marker, which is giving off a pillar of smoke, to
English, American and Australian troops lunching in a wood near Corbie the day prior to the attack and capture of the German positions at Hamel and Vaire Wood.
NEW GUINEA, 1943-08-01. "KAI" OR "BISCUIT" BOMBERS WERE USED TO CARRY SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND AMMUNITION TO FORWARD TROOPS IN INACCESSIBLE AREAS. NOTE - KAI IS THE NATIVE WORD FOR FOOD. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS
