The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Martinsyde aircraft of No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, at Mejdel, being loaded with bombs for a bombing expedition. The bombs are being fastened in their frames underneath the lower wings, ready for release by the airmen, at the proper time. In the foreground is the small truck on which the bombs are carefully brought to the aircraft.
An airman of the 1st Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, examining and fitting fuses to the bombs to be used in a bombing expedition before being loaded onto the Martinsyde G. 100 Elephant aircraft in
Manbulloo, NT. c. July 1944. Bombs being loaded into a Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft No. 24 Squadron RAAF for another bombing mission over enemy territory.
Nos 2, 3 and 4 Squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps under operational conditions in France. Preparations for bombing mission; swinging compass and bombing up an RE8 aircraft of No 3 Squadron; Sop
Manbulloo, NT. c. September 1944. Trolley loads of 300lb bombs alongside a Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft A72-40 of No. 24 Squadron RAAF. Armourers Leading Aircraftman (LAC) L J. Evans of
Bombs as big as a man lie on the sand at an airfield. They are ready to be loaded for an operation, however the Vickers Wellington bomber aircraft (in the background) cannot fly because a sand storm i
Unidentified airmen of No 2 Squadron, preparing and loading 500 pound bombs onto bomb trolleys, ready for the Canberra Bomber aircraft first mission from the Phan Rang Airbase.