The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Crete. 1944-11-26. Old and young flocked to an emergency landing ground when a Baltimore bomber aircraft of No. 459 Squadron RAAF which was hit by A/A (anti-aircraft) fire while dropping leaflets over German forces in the north-western part of the island made a forced landing. In the foreground, the pilot, 402029 Warrant Officer (WO) R. W. D. Calvert of Lane Cove, NSW (left), and the navigator 422068 WO K. J. Wiblin of Strathfield, NSW, chat to an officer of the RAF Regiment.
Crete. 1944-11-26. This Baltimore bomber aircraft of No. 459 Squadron RAAF based at Berka in the Western Desert, North Africa, was hit in the port engine and port mainplane by A/A (anti-aircraft) fire
Crete. 1944-11-26. After being hit by German A/A (anti-aircraft) fire over the north-western corner of Crete, the crew of a Baltimore bomber aircraft of No. 459 Squadron RAAF made a successful forced-
Members of No. 459 (Baltimore) Squadron RAAF, passing through Athens on their way back to Africa to rejoin their squadron after having forced landed in Crete. These airmen struck up a friendship with
Berca, Cyrenaica. c. November 1944. Informal portrait of 402029 Warrant Officer (WO) R. W. (Reg) Calvert of Lane Cove, NSW, in the cockpit of his Martin Baltimore aircraft. WO Calvert is a member of N
WESTERN DESERT, C. 1944. CREW OF A MARTIN BALTIMORE BOMBER, MEMBERS OF NO. 459 SQUADRON RAAF, STANDING BESIDE THE AIRCRAFT. L TO R: ROSS SMITH, REG W. CALVERT (PILOT), ROY MAHONEY AND KEN WIBLIN (NAVI
Studio portrait of 413837 Sergeant (later Warrant Officer (WO)) Lionel Dellit, 20 Squadron RAAF, of Kirribilli, NSW. WO Dellit enlisted in Sydney on 13 September 1941. He was lost on operations on 21
