The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A PIECE OF JAPANESE FLYING EQUIPMENT KNOWN AS THE "BELLY TANK". THIS TANK IS USED ON THE ZERO FIGHTERS. IT IS MADE OF PLY WOOD AND HOLDS ABOUT 70 GALLONS OF PETROL. THE MOUNTING ON TOP OF THE TANK IN THIS PICTURE IS A SPRING ATTACHMENT WHICH ALLOWS THE PILOT TO RELEASE THE TANK WHILE IN FLIGHT, THE SPRING THRUSTING IT CLEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. IT IS CARRIED TO GIVE ZERO FIGHTERS A LONGER RANGE, AND IS MADE OF WOOD APPARENTLY TO SAVE BOTH WEIGHT AND PRECIOUS METAL. EXAMINING THE TANK IS 2990 FLYING OFFICER PERCY NEALE, O.C. OF AN AIR FORCE REPAIR AND SALVAGE UNIT AT A NEW GUINEA BASE.
A mixture of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and United States Army Airforce (USAAF) activities in and around Port Moresby. Outstanding shot of a USAAF B-26 Martin Marauder performing a perfect bell
Townsville, Qld. July 1942. A belly fuel tank is fitted to a Kittyhawk fighter aircraft of No. 76 Squadron, RAAF. This additional fuel allows the pilot longer flying range and/or combat time.
DARWIN, NT. 1942-03-04. AN ENEMY PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF THE TOWN, THE AERODROME AND A LANDING FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WHICH TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS APPARENTLY UNDETECTED AS THE ONLY REPORTED SIGHTINGS IN THE
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT G. F. PURDY OF HAMILTON, QLD, NO. 10 OPERATIONAL GROUP RAAF, WITH A WOODEN BELLY TANK OF A JAPANESE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT MADE INTO A WARDRO
Monument Wood, France. 11 July 1918. Australian and American soldiers in a trench examining a German tank trap, filled with powerful explosive, and a periscope of a type much used by the enemy at that
An extensively damaged A7V tank near Villers-Bretonneux. This is apparently tank 561 Nixe in which Second Lieutenant Wilhelm Biltz of Abteilung 2 fought the first tank versus tank battle on 24 April 1
