The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ON AN AERODROME A NUMBER OF 4-ENGINED HALIFAX BOMBERS WERE BEING TUNED UP FOR A RAID OVER ENEMY TERRITORY. THIS ROLLS ROYCE MERLIN ENGINED PLANE HAS A WING SPAN OF 99 FEET, LENGTH OF 70 FEET, HEIGHT OF 22 FEET, AND CARRIED A GOOD BOMB LOAD. IT HAS RAIDED TARGETS IN ALL PARTS OF GERMANY AND NORTHERN ITALY AND HAD CONSPICUOUS SUCCESS DURING A RAID ON BERLIN. ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THIS GIANT BOMBER IS THE FACT THAT QUITE A TALL MAN CAN WALK THROUGH THE MACHINE PERFECTLY UPRIGHT. INTERIOR SHOWING: THE PILOT (TOP), SECOND PILOT (LEFT) AND "SPARKS" UNDERNEATH.
HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX, SERIAL L-9530, OF NO 76 SQUADRON RAF. THIS IS ONE OF THE MK 1 SERIES FITTED WITH ROLLS ROYCE MERLIN ENGINES. THE LATER MK III SERIES WERE FITTED WITH BRISTOL HERCULES RADIAL ENGI
Laverton, Vic. 1944-05-20. Aircraft fitters working in the engine cleaning bay cleaning a crank case, crankshaft and propeller reduction gear of a Rolls Royce Merlin aircraft motor at Engine Repair Sq
Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua. November 1943. 27547 Corporal L. C. (Laurie) Whittle, Fitter IIE (engine) left, and 54015 Leading Aircraftman D. C. (Doug) Knight, Armourer, working on the Rolls Ro
El Daba, Egypt, 1943. At an airfield on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, mechanics with No. 451 Squadron RAAF repair a Rolls Royce Merlin engine probably from one of the squadron's Hawker Hurricane a
YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. C. 1944-09. A HALIFAX (MARK III) Z5-E BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 462 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION DRIFFIELD, IN FLIGHT OVER ENGLISH FARMLAND. SUPERFICIALLY THE LANCASTER AND THE
Canberra, ACT, 1955. Information board for a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21, Army Type 97 heavy bomber, allied code name 'Sally', which was stored in a hangar at RAAF Base Fairbairn. After being surrendere
