The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LANGHAM, ENGLAND. C. 1944-08. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF, RETURN FROM AN ATTACK ON AN ENEMY CONVOY. BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES WERE PAINTED ON THE WINGS AND FUSELAGE OF ALL ALLIED AIRCRAFT, (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOUR ENGINED BOMBERS), TO ASSIST IDENTIFICATION DURING THE NORMANDY INVASION. THE BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT WAS USED EXTENSIVELY BY RAF COASTAL COMMAND IN STRIKES AGAINST ENEMY SHIPPING.
NORFOLK, ENGLAND. C. 1944-07. AN RAF TANKER REFUELS AN AUSTRALIAN BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF WITH COASTAL COMMAND AT RAF STATION LANGHAM, IN READINESS FOR AN EARLY MORNING SORTIE AG
NORFOLK, ENGLAND. C. 1944-09. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF WITH COASTAL COMMAND, AT RAF STATION LANGHAM, SET COURSE PAST THE CONTROL TOWER AS THEY SET OUT TO JOIN OTHER BEAUFIGHTERS I
NORFOLK, ENGLAND. 1944-09-03. ARMOURERS FITTING ROCKETS TO A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT WITH NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF IN COASTAL COMMAND, AT RAF STATION LANGHAM, IN READINESS FOR A STRIKE AGAINST ENEMY SHIPPIN
NORFOLK, ENGLAND. C. 1944-08. A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF, AT RAF STATION LANGHAM, SETS OFF WITH A LOAD OF BOMBS TO ATTACK AN ENEMY CONVOY. RAAF BEAUFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN PLAYING AN I
NORFOLK, ENGLAND. C. 1944-09. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF, AT RAF STATION LANGHAM, READY TO TAKE OFF ON A SHIPPING STRIKE WITH OTHER BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRONS OF COASTAL COMMAND.
Informal portrait of 428312 Flight Sergeant Gordon Allan Henry from Middle Brighton, Victoria, observer (left), and 424756 Flying Officer George Hardy De Beauvior Hammond from Mosman, NSW, pilot, Aust
