The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LANGWARRIN, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. THE PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SUPPLY-DROP BY AN AIRCRAFT, EXAMINING A PARCEL AFTER IT HAS BEEN DROPPED ON TO A PREPARED CATCHMENT AREA CONSTRUCTED OF WIRE MESH NET (SEEN ABOVE). THE TESTS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE DIRECTORATE OF SALVAGE WITH A VIEW TO MINIMISING THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO SUPPLIES WHEN DROPPED FROM THE AIR. LEFT TO RIGHT:- MR. R. JONES, CONSTRUCTIONAL ENGINEER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ERECTION OF THE CATCHMENT AREA; SERGEANT SMITH OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE, SECRETARY TO THE PROJECT; CAPTAIN R.S. STRANAGHAN, STAFF CAPTAIN, DIRECTORATE OF SALVAGE; MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE AND INVENTOR OF THE PROJECT, AND MAJOR J.L. HARRISON, MM, CONTROLLER OF SALVAGE, VICTORIA L. OF C. AREA.
LANGWARRIN, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT BEING CONDUCTED BY MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE, LAND HEADQUARTERS, INTO THE DROPPING OF SUPPLIES FROM AIRCRAFT INTO A SUSPENDED NET CO
LANGWARRIN, VIC. 1943-04. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT BEING CONDUCTED BY MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE, LAND HEADQUARTERS, INTO THE DROPPING OF SUPPLIES FROM AIRCRAFT INTO A SUSPENDED NET CONSTRUC
LANGWARRIN, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. GROUP DISCUSSING PLANS OF AN EXPERIMENT IN SUPPLY-DROPPING FROM AN AIRCRAFT, ON TO A PREPARED CATCHMENT AREA OF WIRE MESH NET. LEFT TO RIGHT:- MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTO
LANGWARRIN, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT BEING CONDUCTED BY MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE, LAND HEADQUARTERS, INTO THE DROPPING OF SUPPLIES FROM AIRCRAFT INTO A SUSPENDED NET CO
LANGWARRIN, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT BEING CONDUCTED BY MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE, LAND HEADQUARTERS, INTO THE DROPPING OF SUPPLIES FROM AIRCRAFT INTO A SUSPENDED NET CO
LAVERTON, VIC. 1943-04. MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE, LAND HEADQUARTERS, WITH HIS SECRETARY, SERGEANT SMITH OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AND CAPTAIN R.S. STRANAGHAN, STAFF CAPTAIN D
