The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
AN RE8 AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NO. A4397, FROM NO. 3 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS, WHICH SET A RECORD FOR BRITISH FORCES ON THE WESTERN FRONT BY COMPLETING 440 HOURS OF SERVICE FLYING 147 FLIGHTS ACROSS ENEMY LINES. A4397 WAS LATER SHIPPED TO AUSTRALIA WHERE IT WAS DISPLAYED IN THE AIRCRAFT EXHIBITION HELD IN MELBOURNE IN JUNE 1920. THIS AIRCRAFT, ALONG WITH OTHERS, WAS DESTROYED IN 1925 IN MELBOURNE WHEN A FIRE BROKE OUT AT THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MUSEUM (LATER THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL) EXHIBITION BUILDING PICNIC GROUNDS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRATED AWAITING SHIPPING TO SYDNEY.
AN RE8 AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NO. A4397, FROM NO. 3 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS, WHICH SET A RECORD FOR BRITISH FORCES ON THE WESTERN FRONT BY COMPLETING 440 HOURS OF SERVICE FLYING 147 FLIGHTS ACROSS
AN RE8 AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NO. A4397, FROM NO. 3 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS, WHICH SET A RECORD FOR BRITISH FORCES ON THE WESTERN FRONT BY COMPLETING 440 HOURS OF SERVICE FLYING 147 FLIGHTS ACROSS
RE8 A4397 aircraft "D" of No. 3 Squadron Australian Flying Corps, an early model. This aircraft was named "Sylvia", and piloted by Captain Reg Francis. Volume VIII of the Official History notes: "Fran
PHOTOGRAPH OF RE8 A4397 OF NO. 3 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS. THIS IS AN EARLY RE8 WITH A SMALL FIN. TAKEN BY 1485 KENNETH HENDERSON MCCLEOD OF NO. 3 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS. This aircr
The interior of the Australian War Memorial's Melbourne exhibition, taken from the cloakroom, looking towards the Dernancourt diorama. The 'Australian War Museum' opened on ANZAC Day 1922 in the Exhib
The interior of the Australian War Memorial's Melbourne exhibition, taken from near the model of the "Orvieto". The Lone Pine diorama is visible in the background. The 'Australian War Museum' opened o
