The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An Australian crew of No. 617 Squadron RAF, (The Dambusters), dwarfed by the 22,000 pound "Grand Slam" bomb which was first used on 14 March 1945 on the Bielefeld viaduct in northwest Germany. Identified, left to right: 414740 Flying Officer (FO) E. W. Weaver DFC of Brisbane, Queensland; 427426 FO R. P. Barry of Fremantle, WA; 414844 Flight Lieutenant J. L. Sayers DFC of Brisbane, Qld; FO V. L. Johnson RAF and 400896 FO F. E. Wittmer DFC of Melbourne, Victoria. There are no bomb bay doors on the aircraft.
England. 1945-04-11. 414844 Flight Lieutenant L. L. Sayers DFC, of Brisbane, Qld, in the cockpit of a Lancaster bomber aircraft of No. 617 Squadron RAF, about to take off for Germany with a "Grand Sla
England. C. 1945. 414740 Flying Officer E. W. Weaver DFC of Brisbane, Qld, bomb aimer of No. 617 "Dambuster" Squadron RAF, with his "Bomb", the new 22,000 lb bomb which is now being dropped on Germany
England. C. 1945-03. It was announced that the RAF were using, against specially selected targets, a 22,000 lb bomb, nearly twice the size of its predecessor, the 12,000 lb missile. This massive bomb,
England. 1945-08-05. A ground crew member of 617 ? squadron RAF inspecting a bay of 22,000 lb "Grand Slam" bombs.
Studio portrait of 412218 Flying Officer (FO) John Irvine Gordon RAAF, No. 467 Squadron RAF of Cessnock, NSW. FO Gordon completed 30 operations with No. 467 Sqn and was awarded the Distinguished Flyin
RAF Bomber Command Operational Film No 268 of raid by Lancaster bombers on the railway viaduct at Bielefeld, Germany (possibly the strike by 617 Squadron RAF on 22 February 1945). Opening scene of an
