The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Digri, Bengal, India. 1944-11-27. Three RAAF members of No. 159 (Liberator) Squadron RAF, with an Indian boy, nicknamed Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Charlie McCarthy, who was adopted by the squadron. He was found wandering about an airfield after his parents had been killed in a Japanese bombing raid. Left to right: 418274 Warrant Officer (WO) W. G. (Hap) Hazard of Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic; 42574 Flt Sgt A. L. Baker of Wagga, NSW; 419600 WO R. D. Tyndall of Shepparton, Vic.
Digri, Bengal, India. 1944-11-28. Group portrait of some of the RAAF members in No. 159 (Liberator) Squadron RAF of Eastern Air Command's Strategic Air Force, operating in India, beside the aircraft n
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. 'Burra Sahibs' frown on such antics by RAAF servicemen but 418274 Warrant Officer (WO) W. G. (Hap) Hazard of Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic, between the shafts of a rickshaw, know
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. Along one of the alleys of the Hogg Markets, jammed with stalls selling everything from gems to junk, stroll RAAF men on leave. Left to right: 413799 Warrant Officer (WO) I.
Digri, Bengal, India. 1944-11-28. Elevated view of members of No. 159 (Liberator) Squadron RAF buying fruit from a hawker. An aircraft, nicknamed 'Black Swan' is in the background.
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. Most interesting items in this collection of all kinds of hardware, from carpenter's tools to garbage caps, are Ghurka Kukris, here being inspected by RAAF men on leave at th
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. RAAF men on leave enter the Hogg Markets. The goods on sale are tourist junk hastily turned out to entice money from the pockets of men who have spent months in the jungle. L
