The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
EUROPE, WWII. A BRITISH HALIFAX BOMBER (PROBABLY NO.10 SQUADRON RAF) COMING IN TO LAND ON A WET RUNWAY. LANDING SPEED APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES PER HOUR. (DONOR: W. SMITH).
LANGWARRIN, VIC. 1943-04. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT BEING CONDUCTED BY MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE, LAND HEADQUARTERS, INTO THE DROPPING OF SUPPLIES FROM AIRCRAFT INTO A SUSPENDED NET CONSTRUC
LANGWARRIN, VIC. 1943-04. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT BEING CONDUCTED BY MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE, LAND HEADQUARTERS, INTO THE DROPPING OF SUPPLIES FROM AIRCRAFT INTO A SUSPENDED NET CONSTRUC
LANGWARRIN, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT BEING CONDUCTED BY MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE, LAND HEADQUARTERS, INTO THE DROPPING OF SUPPLIES FROM AIRCRAFT INTO A SUSPENDED NET CO
The release of a bundle of CHRI (also known as American ropes) from a window launching machine Mk 1a. Two ropes from the previous bundle can be seen in the background. Dropping speed: 20 bundles per m
A Halifax aircraft of No. 10 (Halifax) Squadron RAF flying above the clouds. (Donor G. Burcher)
Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. A railway carriage known as a salt wagon. Approximately 40 men were packed into each carriage during travel, without ventilation. The average speed of the trains was only
