The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nose art of a 460 Squadron RAAF Avro Lancaster Mk III bomber aircraft C-Charlie (serial JA856, coded AR-C). The famous 1940's Australian cartoon character 'Snifter' with a wagging tail underneath which are the words Mk II (probably a reference to the fact that the first C-Charlie was so severely damaged by a pre-take off exploding bomb that it was never flown again). The 18 operations flown by this aircraft are represented by ice creams (Italy), stars containing the letter B (Berlin) and kangaroos (other, 'hops') and the single beer mug containing an M is probably Munich. This aircraft was lost over Munich during operations on the night of 2-3 October 1943 with all seven crew (2 Australians, 5 British and 1 Canadian onboard) being killed.
LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1943-09-09. EMBLEM ON "T" FOR TOMMY, A LANCASTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF OF BOMBER COMMAND BASED AT RAF STATION BINBROOK. THE KANGAROOS REPRESENT RAIDS OVER ENEMY TERR
Lancaster bomber aircraft C-Charlie of 460 Squadron RAAF, showing nose art of a skeleton surmounted by the word Spookz. The 28 stars indicates the number of missions the aircraft had flown over Berlin
Len Hicks RAF or Jim Timmons RAF ground crew in the cockpit of E Easy Lancaster bomber aircraft of 460 Squadron RAAF. Note the nose art of a devil beckoning, with a bomb hidden behind its back. The bo
Flight Lieutenant Ron Douglas of Perth, WA, in the cockpit of a Lancaster bomber aircraft of 460 Squadron RAAF. The aircraft has flown 17 missions. The stars with the letter B are missions over Berl
CAPTURED GERMAN JUNKERS JU88A-5 AIRCRAFT. WERK NUMBER 6073. ORIGINALLY CODED M2+MK. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS CAPTURED BY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AFTER IT LANDED IN ERROR AT CHIVENOR. IT WAS FLOWN BY NO. 1426 EAS
Nose art on a Lancaster bomber aircraft of 460 Squadron RAAF showing the cartoon character Ginger Meggs 'knocking off the block' of Adolf Hitler. The aircraft had flown 21 missions and the four ice cr
