The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 after being recovered from a nearby rice paddy into which it had crash-landed. An armed US Army soldier stands guard casually at centre right, while an aircraft mechanic leans into the Piper's cockpit. The aircraft had been piloted by US 1st Lieutenant R. Simpson, who was uninjured in the crash. The church in the background at right is a Roman Catholic church built by the Australian component of BCOF in 1947.
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
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
An informal portrait of P171 Warrant Officer II (WOII), later Lieutenant (Lt), Adrian J Leyden, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), standing in front of a US Army Piper Cub aircraft at
Malahang, New Guinea. A Piper Cub aircraft on patrol at the surfing beach of Malahang swoops over relaxing troops and the wreck of the Japanese ship Myokomaru.
Italy. C. 1944-05. A view of the Abbey on Monastery Hill at Cassino after its capture by Allied troops, taken from the air from a Piper Cub aircraft by an official RAF photographer.
Italy. C. 1944-05. A view of the Abbey on Monastery Hill at Cassino after its capture by Allied troops, taken from the air from a Piper Cub aircraft by an official RAF photographer.
