The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified armourer of 77 Squadron RAAF services a Mustang P-51D aircraft as a young Korean assistant observes. The armament includes 5-inch HVAR rocket projectiles, three on each wing, and Browning machine guns. He is using a steel rod to clean 0.50 inch gun barrels recessed in the wing.
Heads down, an armament fitter arms a 77 Squadron RAAF P-51D Mustang as his Korean worker assists. They are both laying linked bullets of 0.50 inch ammunition inside the magazine recesses of the wing
POHANG, NORTH KOREA. LATE 1951. ARMOURERS PREPARING 5 INCH HIGH VELOCITY AIRCRAFT ROCKET (HVAR) PROJECTILES FOR USE BY MUSTANG AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF WHILST OPERATING FROM POHANG.
TAEGU, KOREA, 1950. ARMOURER OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF AND KOREAN ASSISTANT REARMING A MUSTANG WITH 0.5 INCH AMMUNITION. (DONOR: R. TREBILCO)
The Armament Section of 77 Squadron RAAF. It consists of a canvas tent with a crude drain dug outside. A rocket, probably a five-inch HVAR projectile, leans against the side and a linked belt of 0.5
An unidentified RAAF armourer from 77 Squadron RAAF, adjusts rocket projectiles fitted with 60 pound high explosive heads on the underside of a wing of a P51 Mustang. War in Korea caused suspension in
South Korean labourers delivering 5 inch rockets to an unidentified 77 Squadron RAAF armourer. Standing on the starboard wing of one of his unit's P51 Mustang fighters he is rugged up against the e
