The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Arakan, Burma. c. 1945. Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) Michael Lowrie of Chorley Wood, Hertfordshire (right), and Flying Officer (FO) G. Stevens of The Larches, West Malling, Kent (centre), being supplied with refreshments of tea and cakes by Leading Aircraftman E. R. Jones of Tumble Llanelly, South Wales. Wg Cdr Lowrie is the Commanding Officer of No. 684 (Mosquito) Squadron RAF, a Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron of Eastern Air Command, and with his navigator, FO Stevens, had just completed a flight of eight hours twenty minutes covering 2340 miles which is the longest photographic reconnaissance flight made in South East Area.
Arakan, Burma. c. 1945. Back with his RAF Mosquito aircraft squadron which he commands on the Arakan front, Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) A. E. Saunders, the man who was first into Rangoon, shows his ground
Arakan, Burma. c. 1945. These pilots of an RAF Mosquito Squadron, wearing their various types of jungle kit, have to cross a wooden bridge to reach the airfield. A magnificent job has been done in the
Karachi, India. c. 1945. Squadron Leader K. J. Newman DFC and Bar of Auckland, NZ (left), is being welcomed by Group Captain T. N. Evans, the Commanding Officer at Mauripur airfield. A flight of 4700
Karachi, India. c. 1945. The navigators of three of the RAF Mosquito aircraft on Mauripur airfield. Left to right: Warrant Officer (WO) F. J. Baylis; WO R. E. Smith DFM; Flying Officer L. G. E. Grover
Karachi, India. c. 1945. Group portrait of the pilots and navigators of the four RAF Mosquito aircraft which made the flight from Benson to Karachi in under thirteen hours on Mauripur airfield. Left t
Arakan, Burma. 8 April 1944. Pagoda Point, at the mouth of the Irrawaddy River, one of several familiar sights to RAAF aircrew serving with No. 354 (Liberator) Squadron RAF during their reconnaissance
