The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kunming, China. 1944. Flight Lieutenant J. W. Edwards of Gladesville, NSW, in a pensive mood looking across the water at Shi Shan. He was one of the "Hump" fliers ferrying supplies from India to China over the Himalaya Mountains. Douglas C47 and DC3 Dakota transport aircraft were used in hazardous conditions.
Northern Burma. c. 1945. Informal portrait of Flight Lieutenant J. Edwards of Gladesville, NSW, at the Hanging Temples, Shi Shan, looking out over the water.
KUNMING, CHINA. 1942-10-29. THE LAST OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT TO THE BRITISH MILITARY MISSION 204 GATHER CLOSE TO THE DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT THAT CARRIED THEM OVER THE HIMALAYAN 'HUMP' TO DIN
Northern Burma. c. 1945. Flight Lieutenant J. Edwards of Gladesville, NSW (left) and another RAAF officer at the Hanging Temples, Shi Shan, perched high on the cliff face overlooking the water.
Burma. 1944. Aerial photograph of typically forbidding "Hump" on the Burma-Yunnan frontier. Over these mountains Allied transport aircraft delivered supplies from India to China.
Habbaniyah, Iraq. c. 1944. Loading a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft with supplies for India.
Habbaniyah, Iraq. c. 1944. Loading a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft with supplies for India.
