The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 OF THE COMMONWEALTH METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU. 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
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 INS
Carlton, Vic. 1942-11-09. WAAAF Meteorological Assistants preparing a "radio-sonde" for release from the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau. The Meteorological Assistant on the right is holding the bo
Carlton, Vic. 1942-11-09. A WAAAF Meteorological Assistant with a balloon which has just been filled with hydrogen gas for subsequent release from the roof of the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau bu
Melbourne, Vic. 1942-11-09. A WAAAF Meteorological Assistant filling a weather balloon before releasing it from the roof of the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau, Carlton to record wind direction and
A WAAAF Meteorological Officer (left) adjusting a theodolite prior to tracking the flight of a weather balloon about to be released from the roof of the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau, Carlton, by
