The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DARWIN, NT. 1942-03-04. AN ENEMY PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF THE TOWN, THE AERODROME AND A LANDING FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WHICH TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS APPARENTLY UNDETECTED AS THE ONLY REPORTED SIGHTINGS IN THE AREA ON THAT DAY WERE EIGHT ZERO FIGHTERS. TWO JAPANESE NAMES ON THIS PRINT INDICATE IT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM AN AIRCRAFT CARRYING A CREW OF AT LEAST TWO.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX66988 Warrant Officer Class 1 Keith James Martin, 2/14 Field Regiment, Darwin, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of three copies of a
The wreckage of an aircraft shot down over the mainland in Darwin on 19 February 1942. This aircraft is not actually a Zero as it is referred to by the artist but instead is a Aichi D3A carrier based
DARWIN AREA, NT. 1943-06-20. DARWIN WAS RAIDED BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ON SUNDAY 1943-06-20. PLANES APPROACHED FROM INLAND. THE TOWN SUFFERED NO DAMAGE IN THIS RAID BUT THE RAAF AERODROME WAS STRAFED AND
DARWIN, NT. 1942-10-08. PART OF THE ENGINES WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF TWO WIRRAWAY PLANES IN A HANGAR AT THE DARWIN AERODROME AFTER THE JAPS HAD BOMBED THE AREA IN 1942-02.
Darwin, NT. September 1944. War damaged cafe of Mrs P. Kafaloudes, Lot 309, Cavenagh Street, Darwin. The sign above the shop reads: Kyriakos, Zero in the Tropics. Note the sandbags stacked across the
A PIECE OF JAPANESE FLYING EQUIPMENT KNOWN AS THE "BELLY TANK". THIS TANK IS USED ON THE ZERO FIGHTERS. IT IS MADE OF PLY WOOD AND HOLDS ABOUT 70 GALLONS OF PETROL. THE MOUNTING ON TOP OF THE TANK IN
