The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYDNEY, NSW. 1939. A POWERFUL AIR RAID SIREN ERECTED ON TOP OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL BUILDING. IT WAS CLAIMED THAT THE SIREN COULD BE HEARD EIGHT MILES AWAY.
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
Cylindrical air raid siren made of tin-plated sheet steel that has been riveted together. Painted light grey, the siren has three groups of flutes for sound direction and a pointed canopy, which has b
Pilots and ground staff of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF inspect a glider target that survived an air to air gunnery exercise. Despite receiving over 130 hits, the target continued to fly behind the towing Be
Mandalay, Burma. c. February 1945. A terrific concentration of bombs bursting in the target area during the heaviest raid yet made on any Japanese target in Burma was carried out by RAF Liberator bomb
Damaged Australian blue ensign. The Administrator of the Northern Territory, Charles Abbott, saved this flag which was flying at Government House on the day Japanese aircraft first bombed Darwin on
London, England. C. 1945-10. Flying Officer Athol Kerr of Sydney, NSW, was granted extended leave in England under the RAAF rehabilitation scheme. He worked as an architect at the London County Counci
Pilots and ground staff of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF inspect a glider target that survived an air to air gunnery exercise. Despite having over 130 holes in it, the target continued to fly behind the towin
