The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
After a crash-landing, a US Army Piper Cub aircraft stands damaged in a rice paddy while, seemingly unconcerned, a husband and wife pair of Japanese farmers toil on in the flooded field, attending to their rice plants. The aircraft had been piloted by US 1st Lieutenant R. Simpson, who was uninjured in the crash. The church in the background is a Roman Catholic church built by the Australian component of BCOF in 1947.
Hiro, Japan, 1950-07-09. A damaged US Army Piper Cub aircraft with its wings removed stands tethered to the top of a flat-top railway car at Hiro siding. The aircraft is being taken away for repair af
A damaged US Army Piper Cub aircraft with its wings removed stands tethered to the top of a flat-top railway car at Hiro siding. The aircraft is being taken away for repair after being recovered from
A US Army aircraft (A-134, 55134) has landed in a rice paddy, in a rural valley in Japan. A crowd of spectators are observing from the bank of the rice paddy, in front of a church.
A US Army aircraft (A-134, 55134) has landed in a rice paddy, in a rural valley in Japan. Japanese farm labourers continue their work in the paddy. A crowd of spectators are observing from the bank of
Crete. 1941-06. A priest conducts a Roman Catholic church service in a cave. Amongst the soldiers attending the mass are possibly members of C Company, 2/2nd Battalion. (Original housed in AWM Archive
Melbourne, Vic. 1944-06-15. Members of the French community and French nationals, including soldiers, attending a special Mass for the liberation of France at St Francis Roman Catholic Church, Lonsdal
