The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cinesound item showing RAAF pilots undergoing training in a decompression chamber. Shows the pilot's reactions to lack of oxygen at high altitude. This demonstration was under the control of a RAAF medical officer, O42056 Flight-Lieutenant David Hugh Le Messurier, who was in the chamber with the pilots. Le Messurier was later in charge of a Flying Personnel Research Unit.
OPERATOR'S STATION OF DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER, INDICATING: (1) MAN LOCK ASCENT AND DESCENT VALVE CONTROLS; (2) MAN LOCK AND MAIN CHAMBER VACUUM GAUGES; (3) CHAMBER BAROMETRIC PRESSURE RECORDER; (4) CHAM
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1944-01-10. A RAAF WARRANT OFFICER AT THE CONTROL BOARD OF THE LOW PRESSURE CHAMBER USED FOR TESTING THE REACTION OF AIR CREW TRAINEES TO HIGH ALTITUDE FLYING.
Ground staff of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF uncouple the oxygen cylinders from a tractor prior to connecting them to the intake tanks of a Vampire Mark 9 aircraft. Oxygen is essential to high altitude flyi
A Cinesound Review news item showing Kittyhawks in a training flight over airfield. Commentator mentions fighter pilots Rawlinson, Fisher, Truscott and Warne. Truscott is the only one that has been id
Shows a few training activities for RAAF nursing sisters: correct procedure in the event of a ditching; fire fighting instruction - simulated dispensary fire. Instruction within a decompression chambe
Cinesound news item featuring an attack on enemy shipping by Bristol Beaufighters of No. 455 Squadron RAAF. Commentator also mentions RAF pilots attacking enemy rocket sites. A few shots of pilots and
