The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1942-07-06. RECENT ARRIVAL FROM AMERICA IS THE BOEING B17C, A DEVELOPMENT OF THE B17B AND A MID-WING MONOPLANE WITH A SPEED OF 300 MILES PER HOUR. AT A SPEED OF 220 MILES PER HOUR IT HAS A RANGE OF 2450 MILES. IT HAS FOUR WRIGHT CYCLONE R1829 ENGINES EACH OF 1200 H.P. AND CARRIES A VERY HEAVY BOMB LOAD. THE WING SPAN IS 105 FT. 9 INS. LENGTH 68 FT., AND HEIGHT 15 1/2 FT. EACH MACHINE CARRIES A CREW OF 7 TO 9. THE BOEING B17C ON THE GROUND. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).
The release of a bundle of CHRI (also known as American ropes) from a window launching machine Mk 1a. Two ropes from the previous bundle can be seen in the background. Dropping speed: 20 bundles per m
2/4 Armoured Regiment. Troopers Hoskin, Lear and Elton sitting on the cupola (turret) of a Matilda Hedgehog tank. Powered by twin six cylinder Leyland diesels developing 195 horsepower, the Hedgehog
2/4 Armoured Regiment. A 27-ton Matilda tank passing between sister tanks and their diesel transporters. Powered by twin Leyland six cylinder diesels developing 195 horsepower, the Matilda, Australi
This photograph was taken from a German negative captured in 1918. The title on the negative reads:- "February 1, 1918, 11 o'clock; valley, north and south of Arbid; height, 2,500 feet; speed, 88 mil
Western Desert, Libya. 18 June 1942. A camouflaged German Fieseler Storch Fi-156C aircraft which was captured intact on the Libyan battlefront. The aircraft is a bizarre-looking monoplane which can la
View of Allenby Bridge and the ornate embankment. A sign is at the left hand approach to the bridge and reads 'Speed 6 miles per hour total load not to exceed 12 ton'.
