The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lancaster bomber aircraft of RAF Bomber Command, including three RAAF squadrons, taking part in Operation Manna, have dropped thousands of pounds of food supplies in occupied Holland for the starving Dutch people. This is the total load of one Lancaster, and in the foreground are the contents of a typical sack: dried eggs, milk powder, cheese, dried yeast, chocolate, margarine, dehydrated meat, mustard, salt, luncheon meat, tea, beans.
MILDENHALL RAF STATION, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND. FOUR CREW MEMBERS OF NO. 15 SQUADRON RAF AROUND A TROLLEY LOAD OF FOOD FOR LOADING ABOARD A LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT TO BE DROPPED IN HOLLAND AS PART OF OPER
A typical 24 hour British ration pack, which consisted of one oatmeal block; a small pack of Sun Maid raisins; two small 40 gram tins of jam and cheese; enough tea, sugar and condensed milk for making
Rectangular, green painted ration tin outer with crimped lid and base, containing three separate ration meals. A metal turnkey, similar to those found on sardine tins, is tack-welded to the lid and is
Olive drab rectangular tin with separate lid, originally containing five pre-packed one-day rations, each sealed in a plastic bag marked 'Not For Private Resale to Public'. Both the lid and base are e
AN RAAF PILOT TRAINEE LEADS A FULL LIFE. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) GORDON KEVIN JOHNSON, WHO WORKED IN THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BEFORE HE ENLISTED IN THE RAAF
The box is made of brown cardboard with 'U.S. ARMY FIELD RATION K / SUPPER UNIT / OPEN INNER BAG CAREFULLY. IT MAY BE USED AS A WATERPROOF CON- / TAINER FOR MATCHES, CIGARETTES, ETC. / FOR SECURITY, D
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