The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Snow covered roads, bare trees and fuel car siding at No.18 Service Flying Training School are typical of many Canadian Air Stations under wintry conditions. Royal Australian Air Force trainees under the Empire Air Training Scheme trained at this and similar Stations, Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. Ralph Malcolm Warner (1902-1966) was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the activities of the RAAF in Canada, United States and the Bahamas. His first mission was in Papua New Guinea recording Australian operation against the Japanese. In 1945 Warner continued to work as a war artist recording civil and industrial war efforts and food production in areas of New South Wales and Victoria. After the war he returned to commercial art, designing posters, murals and postage stamps and illustrating books.
A Bolingbroke aircraft taking off for gunnery practice at No.3 Bombing and Gunnery School where Australian trainees are in training under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). The plane towing the dr
Royal Australian Air Force trainees in Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme on leave at Banff, going canoeing on the Bow River. Portion of the Canadian Rockies can be seen in the background. Ra
A Mosquito plane takes off on an operational training flight from No. 8 Operational Training Unit, Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Royal Australian Air Force trainees under the Empire Air Training Scheme are
Depicting the many colours which Autumn brings to the landscape of Canada. A scene typical of many witnessed by trainees of the Royal Australian Air Force who sojourned in Canada whilst training under
A familiar sight to many trainee pilots of the Royal Australian Air Force completing their service flying training of No.3 Service Flying Training School under the Empire Air Training Scheme, Alberta,
A view of the jetty, unloading stores and equipment, Port Moresby. Ralph Malcolm Warner (1902-1966) was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the activities of the RAAF in Canada, United Sta