The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Brisbane, QLD, circa 1945. A mixture of British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) aircraft, including Supermarine Seafires, F6F Hellcats, Fairey Barracudas, F4U Corsairs, Fairey Fireflies and Grumman Avengers with wings folded on the deck of escort carrier HMS Slinger. The Slinger is in Brisbane River preparing to leave for Manus Island. (Original print housed in AWM archive store).
Brisbane, Qld. c. 1945. Supermarine Seafire Mk.III aircraft, with wings folded, on the deck of British escort carrier HMS Slinger. As part of the immense British Pacific Fleet, HMS Slinger was in Bri
Depicts an aircraft carrier, with Grumman Avenger aircraft on flight deck, Harbour Bridge in background. For two days prior to departure she was taking aboard aircraft which had been recently repair
The following picture was made during the visit of HMS "Ruler" to Sydney, when tied up at Pyrmont Wharf. For two days prior to departure she was taking aboard aircraft which had been recently repaired
Pacific Ocean. 1945. Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Avengers, Seafires and Fireflies line up on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Implacable and warm up their engines before taking off. Other units of th
British escort aircrafr carrier HMS Slinger (26) at sea. Two supermarine seafire fighter aircraft are ranged aft. (ORIGINAL PRINT HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)
Korea, 1951. Two aircraft carriers, HMAS Sydney (left) and HMS Glory, side by side in dock at a harbour on the west coast of Korea. The flight decks of both carriers are packed with aircraft whose win
