The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Fairfield, Vic. c. 1942. Men and women at work checking stock in the general store of the Department of Aircraft Production's Beaufort Division Fairfield complex. The parts and components in this store are used in the production of Beaufort aircraft. Although the initial aircraft were constructed from imported and locally manufactured components, by late 1941 all components were manufactured in Australia. The manufacture of components for the Beaufort was de-centralised to factories in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia and the control of gauges and tools used during manufacture was strictly controlled. (AWM Military Technology Collection.)
Fairfield, Vic. c. 1942. Aircraft parts being examined in the inspection view room of the Department of Aircraft Production's Beaufort Division Fairfield complex. Both men and women undertook this wor
Fairfield, Vic. c. 1942. Two women at work in the control centre at the Department of Aircraft Production, Beaufort Division's Fairfield stores complex. Machine tools and gauges form a major part of t
A woman using an electrical riveting gun in the assembly of a Beaufort tail plane. She is one of a number of men and women working on the same component at the Department of Aircraft Production's Beau
Fishermen's Bend, Vic. December 1942. One of two Department of Aircraft Production's assembly plants for the production of Beaufort aircraft. The other assembly plant was at Mascot, Sydney. There were
C. 1944. BRISTOL BEAUFORT BOMBERS DRAWN UP IN A LINE, PROBABLY OUTSIDE A GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT FACTORY. SEVEN HUNDRED OF THESE WERE MANUFACTURED BY AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT FACTORIES 1939-1944. (D
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-09-01. BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT A9-700 IN FLIGHT OVER SYDNEY HARBOUR, WITH THE BRIDGE BACKGROUND CENTRE. THIS WAS THE LAST SUCH BEAUFORT MANUFACTURED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AIR
