The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Iwakuni, Japan. c.1948. A Lancaster aircraft of QANTAS airways shortly after its arrival on the inaugural flight of a civil passenger service between Sydney and Tokyo.
AVRO LANCASTER AIRCRAFT MODIFIED BY REMOVING THE ARMAMENT AND FITTING STREAMLINED NOSE AND TAIL CONES AND LIMITED PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION TO BECOME KNOWN AS THE LANCASTRIAN FOR CIVIL USE. THIS PHOTOGR
TOKYO, JAPAN. 1952-11-22. AFTER ARRIVAL AT IWAKUNI BY CIVIL AIRLINER FOR A VISIT TO JAPAN AND KOREA, THE MINISTER FOR AIR/NAVY, THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM MCMAHON WAS FLOWN BY RAAF VIP AIRCRAFT TO TOKYO.
Qantas passenger ticket issued to Gunner Blackwell for journey between Brisbane and Cloncurry to join Darwin Mobile Force. Evidences use made of civil aviation immediately after the declaration of war
Iwakuni, Japan. C. 1954. An RAAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft severely damaged after a ditching at sea after its port-side engine caught fire and fell off during an engineering test flight. A
IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1950-07. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT T W MURPHY, A PILOT OF NO 77 SQUADRON RAAF, ON THE TARMAC AT IWAKUNI SHORTLY AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES IN KOREA. (DONOR: R.C. CRESSWELL)
Iwakuni, Japan. 1948. Servicemen of No. 82 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) on arrival at the slipway at Iwakuni after a trip by landing ship, tank (LST) on complet
