The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
THE FIRST AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF JERUSALEM, TAKEN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN PLANE. TAKEN EITHER BY ERIC ROBERTS OR ROSS MACPHERSON SMITH FROM A BE2E AIRCRAFT. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE).
THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN TO FLY OVER JERUSALEM. THEY FLEW FROM RAFA AERODROME ON THE BORDER OF EGYPT AND PALESTINE. LEFT TO RIGHT: CAPTAIN MURRAY JONES, LIEUTENANT ROSS MACPHERSON SMITH, LIEUTENANT
BOMB LOAD OF TWO 112LB BOMBS IN RACKS UNDER A BE2E AIRCRAFT. ALTERNATIVELY THIS PLANE COULD CARRY SIX 20LB BOMBS. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
KANTARA, SINAI, 1916. BRISTOL SCOUT AIRCRAFT, OUR FIRST WITH ROTARY ENGINE. LIEUTENANT ERIC ROBERTS IS AT THE CONTROLS (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
LIEUTENANT REG BAILLIEU, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC), IN A 2 SEATER BE2E AIRCRAFT. TAKEN FROM FRONT COCKPIT. THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ARE ON THE RIGHT. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
PALESTINE, 1917. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF A CAMEL TRAIN TAKEN WHILST FLYING WITH LIEUTENANT REG BAILLIEU IN A BE2E AIRCRAFT OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) ABOVE THE MEDITERRANEAN BETWEEN KILO. 143 A
C.1917. PALESTINE. NO 1 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC). THREE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HANGAR. L-R TWO BE2E AND ONE MARTINSYDE AIRCRAFT. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE).
