The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The fourth item on this Cinesound Review newsreel is coverage of the last DC-3 courier flight to BCOF in Japan by DC-3 A65-71 of 86 Wing RAAF. The Dakota left from Schofields airfield, west of Sydney and flew to Japan via Darwin, Morotai, Clarke Field Philipines, Okinawa and landed at Iwakuni Japan. Fighter escourt over Japan was provided by P-51 Mustangs from No. 77 Squadron RAAF. AVM Boucher greeted the courier flight on arrival at Iwakuni airfield. Also shows changing of the guard ceremony performed by Australians of BCOF at the Imperial Palace Tokyo and shots of Japanese spectators. Other items covered on this newsreel are. 1. Civilised drinking, Melbourne has beer garden. 2. Shannon 'rise' hatching insects spell trouble for trout. 3. Presenting animal oddities.
Cinesound newsreel circa 1950 covering operations of No. 77 Squadron RAAF. Item opens with shots of the two cameramen, G. Thompson and Roland Thomas (Bede) Whiteman, Cinesound News. Scenes of No. 77 S
RAAF truck with unidentified airman posing for camera. Panoramic views of area around the town of Bofu. This was the initial location of 81 Wing (3 Mustang Squadrons) in occupation period. Good view o
A home movie taken by VX15127 Brigadier (Brig) John O'Brien. Brig O'Brien served as the Leader of the Australian Scientific Mission to Japan 1945-1946 and Chief of the Scientific and Technical Divisio
Series number AWM114 Series title Written records - British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF - Japan) and British Commonwealth Forces, Korea (BCFK) Series contents range 1 January 1945 – 31 D