The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Showing an engineer working on one of the engines of a Liberator of the 159 Squadron RAF based in Digri, India. Official war artist William Dargie was stationed with the squadron in late December 1944. He wrote of this drawing:
'The planes returned late the previous night from an operation in which they bombed Radar installations on Great Coco Island. Now the ground crews check over the aircraft. This drawing shows a Fitter E (Engineer) working on one of the 4 Pratt & Whitney RI830-65 engines with which the Liberator is fitted. Airmen often work without shirts because it lessens the chances of developing prickly heat.'
Fitters checking up on a B-24 Liberator bomber on the morning after the bomber's return from an operational flight over Burma, possibly No 159 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Digri, India.
Official war artist William Dargie was stationed with 159 Squadron for a fortnight from mid-December 1944. Based at Digri Aerodrome, the landing strip had to be upgraded for the heavy Liberator bomber
Official war artist William Dargie was deployed to 159 Squadron, Royal Air Force at Digri Aerodrome in northeastern India 16-31 December 1944. The squadron were involved in bombing campaigns in fierce
Official war artist William Dargie was stationed with the 159 Squadron RAF, then based in Digri, India, in late December 1944. He wrote of this drawing: 'This is the Emerson electrically operated pow
Sketch of an Indian water cart. The water was used for mixing the concrete used in construction work on the aerodrome. Official war artist William Dargie was deployed to 159 Squadron RAF at Digri in
Corroded metallic remains of the starboard (right side) Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp Aero Engine from Lockheed Huson A16-19. This engine is a fourteen cylinder, air cooled radial, R-1830-S3C4-G (Note: