The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
POINT COOK, VIC. C. 1942. A WAAAF (WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE) INSTRUMENT REPAIRER REMOVING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FROM AN AIRCRAFT PREPARATORY TO TESTING THE DELICATE INSTRUMENTS IN THE INSTRUMENT SECTION AT RAAF STATION POINT COOK. FROM A SMALL BEGINNING IN 1940 THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY INCREASED ITS NUMBERS TO 594 OFFICERS AND 16,229 AIRWOMEN OCCUPYING 71 MUSTERINGS BY THE END OF THE WAR.
SYDNEY, NSW. C. 1942. A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF) TRAINEE INSTRUMENT REPAIRER PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF AN ELECTRICIAN WORKING ON AN AIRCRAFT INSTALLATION DURING HER
CARLTON, VIC. 1942-11-09. MEMBERS OF THE WAAAF (WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE) PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF METEOROLOGICAL ASSISTANTS PREPARING TO RELEASE A METEOROLOGICAL BALLOON FROM THE ROOF O
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-11-05. WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF) INSTRUMENT REPAIRERS WORKING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF A RAAF BOMBER.
SALE, VIC. 1944-03-08. AIRCRAFTWOMAN ROSE SMITH, AN INSTRUMENT REPAIRER OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF), REPAIRING A TACHOMETER IN THE COCKPIT OF A BRISTOL BEAUFORT BOMBER OF THE
POINT COOK, VIC. 1944-03-14. A RAAF COOK AND A WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF) COOK DECORATING A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE FORMATION OF THE WAAAF.
POINT COOK, VIC. 1942-12-25. MEMBERS OF THE RAAF AND THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF) ENJOY THEIR CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE RAAF STATION.
