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PHOTOGRAPH OF AN FB9 (COMMONLY KNOWN AS A 'GUNBUS' IN THE ROYAL FLY ING CORPS) WHICH WAS USED AS A TWO-SEATER FIGHTER RECONNAISSANCE BIPLANE DURING THE 1914-18 WAR. AS WELL AS BEING ISSUED TO SQUADRONS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, A NUMBER WERE ALSO ISSUED TO THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE EASTERN WHERE THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN. IT IS PROBABLE THAT AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN OF NO 1 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS, WHO WERE STATIONED IN PALESTINE UNDER BRITISH COMMAND, ALSO FLEW THESE PLANES.
PHOTOGRAPH OF AN FB9 (COMMONLY KNOWN AS A 'GUNBUS' IN THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS) WHICH WAS USED AS A TWO-SEATER FIGHTER RECONNAISSANCE BIPLANE DURING THE 1914-18 WAR. AS WELL AS BEING ISSUED TO SQUADRONS
AIRMEN CROWD AROUND A VICKERS FB9 GUNBUS WHICH HAS CRASHED INTO THE WALL OF AN AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS DINING HUT THOUGHT TO BELONG TO NO. 3 SQUADRON.
UNITED KINGDOM. C.1917. A ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY BE12 SINGLE SEATER BIPLANE WITH A 150 HORSE POWER ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY 4A ENGINE. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS USED BY NO. 1 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS.
UNITED KINGDOM. C.1917. A ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY BE2E TWO SEAT RECONNAISSANCE BIPLANE AIRCRAFT, WITH A 150 HORSE POWER ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY 1A ENGINE. NO. 1, 3 AND 4 SQUADRONS AND NO. 7 TRAINING SQU
Kota Bharu, Malaya. 1941. Interior of the cockpit of a RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft. The RAAF had two General Reconnaissance Squadrons flying Hudson aircraft in Malaya. No. 1 Squadron was stationed a
Sembawang, Singapore. 1941. The swimming pool at RAF Station Sembawang. The pool provided entertainment and recreation for the servicemen stationed there. During the retreat of the allied forces in th
