The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
In 1948-49 Royal Australian Air Force aircrews participated in the dramatic action of the Berlin Airlift which secured the freedom of West Berlin. In remembrance of this assistance the Australian Government donated a Douglas DC3 Dakota, the workhorse of the Airlift, to the people of Berlin. Air Vice Marshal S.D Evans DSO, AFC, RAAF, who had flown 235 sorties in Dakota aircraft during the Airlift, again flew one over Berlin before presenting Dr Dieter Sauberzweig, on 20th June, 1980, for the planned Museum fur Verkehr und Technik. Until the completion of the Museum's building, the DC3 was stored and maintained by the RAAF at Gatow. As a gesture of gratitude for the gift of the aircraft, which the people of Berlin affectionately call the "Rosinenbomber" the Director of the Museum fur Verkehr und Technik, Professor Gunther Gottmann, presents this picture of the Dakota, painted by Flight Lieutenant Roger Green RAF, to the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Sixtieth page of artist's sketchbook with two drawings. The upper drawing, 'Medical air evacuation' depicts a large group of figures lifting a figure on a stretcher into the side of an aircraft. The
The RAAF identifies wreckage of a RAAF C-47 Dakota which belonged to No.2 Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit. This aircraft on a flight from Biak Island with 28 people aboard, crashed in the 14,000
A poster depicting Bristol Frieghter, Dakota and Wirraway aircraft. In the upper right of the poster is a green stretcher superimposed with the words 'Rescue Entry Points' and in the upper left is a r
A poster depicting Bristol Frieghter, Dakota and Wirraway aircraft. In the upper right of the poster is a green stretcher superimposed with the words 'Rescue Entry Points' and in the upper left is a r
A poster depicting Bristol Frieghter, Dakota and Wirraway aircraft. In the upper right of the poster is a green stretcher superimposed with the words 'Rescue Entry Points' and in the upper left is a r
Carlin speaks of his Second World War flying experience in the South West Pacific area and post war, including the Berlin Airlift (1948); similarities between and specific difficulties in flying trans