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AT SEA, CELEBES SEA. 1945-10-29. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT FORCED DOWN BETWEEN MOROTAI AND TARAKAN WHEN 200 MILES FROM TARAKAN. ALL CREW AND PASSENGERS HAD TIME TO GET INTO THE DINGHIES SEEN IN THE PICTURE, BEFORE THE PLANE SANK.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WATCHING A GAME OF FOOTBALL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS "IMPLACABLE" IN WHICH MORE THAN 2,000 OF THEM TRAVELLED FROM
LOCATION UNKNOWN. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM H.M.A.S. "BROOME", 1944, SHOWING H.M.A.S. "ECHUCA" (LEFT) AND ANOTHER CORVETTE MOORED AT ANCHORAGE.
HMAS SYDNEY LEAVING SYDNEY HARBOUR FOR THE LAST TIME, 1975-12.
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
Celebes Sea, Netherland East Indies. 1945-10-29. The crew and passengers of a Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft from No 34 Squadron RAAF in dinghies after being forced down by a mechanical fault. The aircra
SYDNEY - MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1944-10-11. PASSENGERS ALONGSIDE A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT CONVERSING WITH THE CREW.
Iwakuni, Japan. C. 1954. An RAAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft severely damaged after a ditching at sea after its port-side engine caught fire and fell off during an engineering test flight. A
MOROTAI. 1945-09-01. MISS GRACIE FIELDS, ENGLISH COMEDIENNE, WITH MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE RAAF DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT IN WHICH SHE HAS BEEN TRAVELLING ON A TOUR OF ALLIED SERVICE UNITS. PHOTOG
Burma. C. 1944-10. Maintenance crew holds down the wing of a Spitfire aircraft in the slipstream of a Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft taxiing on a RAF airfield on the Arakan front.
NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. THE UNUSUAL LOAD FOR DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN A DISTANCE OF 300 MILES STRAPPED UNDER THE FUSELAGE. IT WAS A REPLACEMENT WING FOR ANOTHER C47 TRANSPORT AI
