The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT PHILLIP BAY, VIC. 1916-07-23. THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM A MILITARY AEROPLANE IN AUSTRALIA BY AN ACCREDITED AIR FORCE PHOTOGRAPHER - H.V. LECKIE - SEATED ON A BOX BEHIND THE PILOT, LIEUTENANT FLOCKHART, ABOARD A BRISTOL BOX KITE AIRCRAFT. CAMERA HELD OVER HEAD AND POINTED BACK THROUGH PROPELLER. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
PALESTINE, 1917. A BE2E AIRCRAFT ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. NOTE MECHANIC SWINGING THE PROPELLER. JACK TUNBRIDGE AT CONTROLS, PHOTOGRAPHER H.V. LECKIE IN OBSERVER'S COCKPIT. LEWIS MARK 3 MACHINE GUN IN SWIVEL
SINAI, 1917. H.V. LECKIE, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS PHOTOGRAPHER, IN SINAI DESERT WORKING GEAR. LECKIE USED EITHER A SINGLE LENS FOLDING KODAK CAMERA, OR AN ANSCO WITH A DOUBLE R.R. LENS. BOTH TOOK 3.5
THE FIRST BRISTOL BOX KITE AIRCRAFT TO FLY IN AUSTRALIA, BEING FLOWN OVER GEELONG BY J.J. HAMMOND. THIS TYPE OF PLANE WAS ADOPTED IN 1914 FOR THE TRAINING AT POINT COOK OF OUR FIRST WARTIME PILOTS. (D
SYDNEY, NSW. C. 1914. COLONEL GRANVILLE RYRIE MOUNTED ON HIS HORSE PLAIN BILL, IN FRONT OF A BRISTOL BOX KITE. RYRIE TOOK THIS HORSE OVERSEAS WHEN HE LEFT AUSTRALIA WITH THE 2ND LIGHT HORSE BRIGADE 19
BIR EL MAZAR, SINAI, 1917. AS A BE2E AIRCRAFT CAME INTO LAND AT MAZAR, IT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID LANDING RIGHT ON TOP OF THE SERGEANTS MESS MARQUEE, AT THEIR LUNCH TIME. FOR
A 1917 MODEL AERIAL CAMERA STRAPPED IN SLOTS ON THE SIDE OF A BE2E AIRCRAFT AT SIDE OF PILOT. THIS PARTICULAR CAMERA WAS FITTED WITH AN 8 INCH LENS, BUT LATER WE WERE ISSUED WITH A MODEL TAKING A 10 I
