The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The crew of a Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) Beaufort bomber A9-557 in and beside a Jeep on the port side of their aircraft. Left to right: 422085 Flying Officer (FO, later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) John William Shipman, 415636 Flt Lt Harry John Fowler (Pilot and crew captain), 422062 FO (later Flt Lt) Francis Owen Smith, and 406817 FO Arthur Geoffrey Waite. All are members of No 100 Squadron RAAF. The crew flew this aircraft (now in the Australian Memorials collection) on 34 missions, including its final flight on 20 January 1945. All were killed on 13 March 1945 when a defective bomb fuse caused a premature explosion during a bomb run in their aircraft which was then Beaufort bomber A9-650. Donor: D. Fowler.
Pearce, WA. c. 1943. An informal group portrait of four aircrew from No. 14 Squadron. Left to right: 415636 Flying Officer (FO) Jack Fowler, pilot; "Johnno" Johnson, observer; 422085 FO J.W. Shipman,
Outdoor portrait of members of No. 100 Squadron RAAF. From left to right: 422062 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Franncis 'Frank' Smith, 422085 Flt Lt John William 'Jack' Shipman, 406817 Flying Officer Art
Goodenough Island, New Guinea. c. 1944. Three members of a Beaufort bomber crew bathing in a river at the base of a small waterfall near Vivigani Airfield. Left to right: 422062 Flying Officer (FO) F.
A group of No. 100 Squadron aircrew and groundstaff beside Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) Beaufort A9-557. Left to right: 422085 Flying Officer (FO) Jack Shipman, Wireless Air Gunner (WAG); 4
Tadji, New Guinea. c. 1944. The crew of Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) Beaufort bomber A9-557, 100 Squadron RAAF, playing a game of cards in at night. Left to right: unknown (part obscured),
Portrait of 422085 Aircraftman (later Flight Lieutenant (Fl Lt)) John William (Jack) Shipman, Air Gunner 100 Squadron RAAF, of Perth, WA, and 422062 Francis Owen (Frank) Smith of Manilla, NSW. Smith,
