The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SPRAYING "DOPE" ON AN AIRCRAFT CENTRE SECTION IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT AN AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE STATION. OPERATORS ARE MEMBERS OF THE W.A.A.A.F. WHO HAVE TAKEN OVER THIS AND NUMEROUS OTHER JOBS FROM AIR FORCE MEN. AIRCRAFTWOMAN P. MILLER (LEFT) WAS A DRESSMAKER BEFORE THE WAR AND IS A GRADUATE FROM THE WOMEN'S AIR TRAINING CORPS. ACW J. COPE IS FROM W.A. AND ENLISTED IN THE W.A.A.A.F. WHILE ON HOLIDAY IN MELBOURNE. (NEGATIVE BY CRANSTONE).
AIRCRAFTWOMAN P. MILLER WHO BEFORE THE WAR WAS A DRESSMAKER IN MELBOURNE NOW OPERATES A PAINTS SPRAYING APPARATUS IN THE MAINTENANCE WORKSHOPS AT AN AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE STATION. ACW MILLER DOES NOT W
THE OPERATION PICTURED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS CALLED "STRINGING THE COVER TO A MAIN PLANE" AND IS ONE OF THE MANY JOBS CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF) ON AC
AMONG THE JOBS UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE W.A.A.A.F. ON AIR FORCE STATIONS IS THAT OF SICK QUARTER ATTENDANTS. THESE GIRLS KNOWN AS SQA'S, ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE ENLISTED NURSING SERVICE BUT TAKE TH
THE OPERATION KNOWN AS "DOPING" IS NOW CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS OF THE W.A.A.A.F. IN MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SHOPS ON AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE STATIONS. THE OPERATION IS NECESSARY TO SEAL AND WATER-PROOF JOI
A SECTION OF THE HOSPITAL ON AN AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE STATION. THE SICK QUARTER ATTENDANTS ARE AIRCRAFTWOMAN (ACW) VERA WINCKEL AND ACW JEAN SCHEMMELL, BOTH FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WHO LEFT THEIR OCCUPAT
THE SUBJECT OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS TYPICAL OF THE FINE TYPE OF WOMAN IN THE W.A.A.A.F. (NEGATIVE BY CRANSTONE).
