The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A RAF Consolidated Catalina flying boat being towed out of a large hangar by a landrover at Cuers airfield, near Toulon in southern France. These large hangars housed German zeppelins earlier in the war. (Donor M. Johnson)
Corporal Harold Reynolds Johnson, a mechanic with No. 451 Squadron RAAF, standing beside the squadron's Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII MT687. The aircraft is parked in front of a hangar at the airfield
A US Navy (USN) airship tethered to a tall pole at Cuers airfield in southern France. Beneath the airship is the gondola in which its crew travels and to which its two engines, one on each side, are a
German prisoners of war (POWs) unloading supplies from a truck probably Cuers airfield. The supplies were destined for No. 451 Squadron RAAF and other allied units based at the airfield. (Donor M. Joh
Cuers, Southern France. September 1944. 16475 Leading Aircraftman G. J. Hoad of Pingelly, WA, polishes the propeller of a Supermarine Spitfire aircraft of No. 451 Squadron RAAF on an airfield in South
Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat mounted on special beaching chassis is brought ashore for overhaul, towed by a tractor, at No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit.
A US Navy (USN) airship tethered to a tall pole (at right) at Cuers airfield in Southern France. Beneath the airship is the gondola in which its crew travels and to which its engines are attached. (Do
