The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Aircraft of 77 Squadron RAAF line the air strip in Japan. They are P-51D Mustang (left) and Gloster Meteor Mk 8 aircraft (right). On return from nine months of intensive operations in Korea, the piston-engined Mustangs were withdrawn and replaced by the jet-engined Meteors. After being converted to the new jets, the Squadron returned to operations in Korea.
This is the left hand image of a two part panorama of P-51D aircraft of 77 Squadron RAAF all parked in several rows on the tarmac in front of the maintenance hangar at Iwakuni. This photograph marked
This is the right hand image of a two part panorama of P-51D aircraft of 77 Squadron RAAF all parked in several rows on the tarmac in front of the maintenance hangar at Iwakuni. This photograph marke
Gloster Meteor Mk 8 aircraft of 77 Squadron RAAF prepare to take off. The pilots were on their first operational strike over Korea having been re-equipped and trained to fly the new jets. These sixt
Gloster Meteor Mk 8 aircraft of 77 Squadron RAAF prepare to take off. The pilots were on their first operational strike over Korea having been re-equipped and trained to fly the new jets. These sixt
P-51D Mustang aircraft of 77 Squadron RAAF are parked in four rows on a rain streaked dispersal apron in front of the maintenance hangar at Iwakuni. These 22 aircraft (of 27) were assembled to mark t
A complement of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft, which included fifteen Mk 8 fighters and two Mk 7 twin seat trainers, parked on the flight deck of the light aircraft carrier HMS Warrior, arrive in Japan.
