The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Burma. c. 1945. While Warrant Officer D. J. Grapes of Sandowne, Isle of Wight, prepares to take off for a flight, the Meteorological men prepare the psychrometer which is set in the wind and gives the right temperature readings whilst in flight. They are Leading Aircraftman S. G. Gamm of Brixton Hill, London (left) and Corporal G. Cywan of Maida Vale, London. 'As long as you get off the deck, you make the trip'. An RAF Metereological Flight of three aircraft operating under Eastern Air Command, has lived up to that principle so well, that on no day since the unit was formed in November 1943 has it failed to make its air observation flights. It has been a commonplace thing for 'Met' pilots to fly when every other aircraft in the area is grounded. Their Hurricane aircraft with a stormy weather Gremlin mascot painted on the nose have frequently been seen to take off with a forty-five mile an hour wind blowing across the runway. As the most easterly 'Met' unit, the reports brought back, have been of vital importance for aircraft operating over the battle front of Burma, and the Arakan.
Kalawthut, Burma. c. March 1945. A bridge near Kalawthut twenty two miles south of Moulmein, on the Moulmein-Bangkok railway after the attack by RAF Liberator aircraft. One span of the bridge has been
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
Arakan, Burma. c. 1944. Two airmen of a RAF Squadron operating in the area make use of a make-shift outdoor shower. One of the airman standing on a ladder tips water into the shower bucket through whi
Standing in front of a tent during a visit to the RAF squadrons operating against the Japanese from Indian bases on the Burma front, and, from left to right RAF Wing Commander (unidentified), Sir Rona
Burma-Thailand. c. May 1945. This railway bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway was destroyed after an attack by Allied bomber aircraft of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command. One span of the
Burma. c. March 1944. Flying Officer (FO) Sharma (left), the pilot, of Lucknow, India, and FO Sadiq, the rear gunner, of Kohat, India, the crew of a Vultee Vengeance aircraft of one of the Indian Air
