The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-20. MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORT SECTION, NO. 59 OPERATIONAL BASE UNIT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE IN FRONT OF THEIR TENT. NOTE THE SMOKE FIRES THAT HABE BEEN LIT TO KEEP THE SAND FLIES AWAY. SHOWN ARE LEFT TO RIGHT: 80613 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN H. T. LIEBSE; 46852 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN R. E. SKEATS (2); 122800 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN F. SMITH (3); 128432 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN R. DENNIS (4); 22916 SERGEANT D. SCHLINKER (5); 8148 CORPORAL H. VOIT (6); 80053 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN B. PATTEN (7).
MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-20. MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORT SECTION, NO. 59 OPERATIONAL BASE UNIT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE WORKING ON THEIR HOMEMADE RAMP. THEY ARE: 27153 CORPORAL W. GARRARD (1);
MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-20. ORDERLY ROOM STAFF OF NO. 59 OPERATIONAL BASE UNIT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. THEY ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT: FRONT ROW: 41348 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN A. F. EAGLETON; 25497
MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-21. AIRMEN OF NO. 59 OPERATIONAL BASE UNIT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, EXAMINING A LARGE HOLE IN THE MAINPLANE OF A BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT. THEY ARE LEFT TO RIGHT: LEADIN
MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-21. PARACHUTE BEING AIRED AT THE PARACHUTE SECTION OF NO. 83 SQUADRON ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. SHOWN AR LEFT TO RIGHT: 59275 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN K. A. HOFFMAN; LEADI
MILLINGIMBI ISLAND, NT. 1943-11-20. SOME MEMBERS OF THE GROUND STAFF OF NO. 452 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. LEFT TO RIGHT: LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN H. ARMSTRONG; SERGEANT K. J. POND; LEADING AIRC
Side view of a Royal Australian Air Force Boomerang fighter, A46-100, after it struck the tail of A46-146, causing the fighter to ground loop at the end of the landing run. The crash took place at No.
