The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A CATALINA BEING HAULED UP THE SLIPWAY AFTER A TEST FLIGHT BEFORE BEING PASSED AS OPERATIONALLY SERVICEABLE FOR ITS AMERICAN NAVY CREW.
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
At Sea. C. 1945-04. The airborne lifeboat righting itself just after hitting the water after being dropped from a RAF Warwick air-sea rescue aircraft to rescue an American Catalina flying boat crew.
Indian Ocean. 1942. The final stages of the rescue of a crashed airman by a lifeboat's crew from Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Norman. The airman's life raft is being hauled aboard the warship.
RAAF ground crew perform the after flight checks on a 2 Squadron Canberra bomber as it returns to Phan Rang air base, before towing it back to the revetment for 'bombing up' for the next mission.
North Africa. c. 1943. Although heavy with water after fierce storms, this airfield from which No. 458 Squadron RAAF is operating against enemy U Boats, is still serviceable mainly on account of its m
FUELLING GEAR IS HAULED ACROSS WATER FROM A US NAVY TANKER TO A SOUTH DAKOTA CLASS BATTLESHIP. THE HOSE IS SUSPENDED FROM A DERRICK ON THE TANKER AND HAULED ACROSS ON LINES PASSED BETWEEN THE TWO VESS
CONSTRUCTION OF "TIGER MOTH" PLANES AT DE HAVILLAND FACTORY - SYDNEY. A TEST PILOT ABOUT TO TAKE A PLANE UP FOR ITS FIRST FLIGHT.
