The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Front view of destroyed DAP Beaufighter aircraft A8-129 (coded SK-X) of 93 Squadron RAAF, which crash landed at Labuan airstrip on return from a leaflet dropping operation over north-west Borneo at 1645 hours on 16 August 1945. The aircraft had appeared to approach the airstrip too slowly and steeply; the port wing dropped and after an attempt at recovery the aircraft stalled at low altitude, crashing 300 yards off the south-east end of the airstrip. The pilot 415971 W/O J. H. (Johnny) Ellers received a fractured rib and lacerations to the left leg and left eyelid. The navigator 425287 W/O A.C. Dunn received multiple abrasions.
This watercolour depicts the wreckage of a Beaufighter aircraft 8-129 Code SK- X crashed on Labuan, Borneo. The aircraft was making a slow speed, steep approach on 16 August 1945 when the port wing dr
Amberley, Qld. 1945-07-18. At No. 3 Aircraft Depot RAAF removing camouflage paint from Spitfire Mk VIII aircraft. Nearest camera, 170172 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) E. A. C. Richardson, flight rigger, o
The Beaufighter A8-184 of No. 93 Squadron RAAF was taking off from the airstrip at Labuan Island, North Borneo, when it hit loose earth at the side of the runway, bouncing over two parked P51 Mustangs
The Beaufighter A8-184 of No. 93 Squadron RAAF was taking off from the airstrip at Labuan Island, North Borneo, when it hit loose earth at the side of the runway, bouncing over two parked P51 Mustangs
A CAC Boomerang aircraft, serial A46-121 coded 'QE-N' with the nose art 'Olga' of No 4. Squadron RAAF at Sepinggang airstrip. The aircraft behind 'Olga' appears to feature nose art of a stylised tradi
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-26. YMCA REPRESENTATIVE MR W. CLARK, USING A JEEP TRAILER PRESENTED TO YMCA BY SHEPPARTON HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION TO SERVE REFRESH
