The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A P-40N Kittyhawk of No. 450 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, is loaded with bombs in readiness for the next operation. Amourers are rolling a bomb trolley under the fuselage and hoisting a 500-pounder to the bomb rack; two 250-pound bombs were carried under the wings, its total capacity a thousand pounds. Some Kittyhawks were lightened by various means, such as removing the guns from the wings. A drop tank was often fitted under the fuselage in place of a bomb for long flights, such as a return escort for Allied aircraft including pro-Allied Italian S.M 82s to Yugoslavia, together with other long-range operations. The red nose is indicative of Allied single-seat aircraft operating in the southern Europe and Balkans theatre during 1943-45.
Loading bombs onto a Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster bomber for Bomber Command. Aircraft has protective cover over starboard wheel. Seen in the foreground are two loose bombs and a pair of universal bo
Members of the Royal Australian Air Force loading bombs into a Boston aircraft, Port Moresby, New Guinea. Depcits Corporal Athol Bulmer on the left and Flying Officer Richard Francis Fethers on the ri
An RAF training film produced by Signet Pictures Corporation on bomb handling and fuzing. Deals the 1000lb, 2000lb, 12,000lb bombs and 250lb depth charges at RAF operartional units from bomb dump to t
Rectangular four wheeled, low-slung trolley stressed for a bomb weight of 4,000 pounds. In 1941, with the introduction of the 4,000 pound 'Cookie' bomb, the standard Type C RAF bomb trolley was stre
The English Electric Canberra B.20 bomber aircraft is a cantilever mid-wing monoplane two-seat jet powered bomber with an aluminium alloy airframe. The wngs are symmetrical high speed aerofoils. Tailp
Track 1. Recording of the crew intercom and external radio conversations of a bombing mission carried out by Canberra bomber A84-234 from No. 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South Viet