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WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-05. WARRANT OFFICER C.J. PADDICK, 3 MOBILE METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHT, RAAF, ATTACHED HEADQUARTERS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY 6 DIVISION, FILLING A BALLOON FROM A HYDROGEN GENERATOR. HYDROGEN IN THE FIELD IS PRODUCED FROM CHEMICALS. THE BALLOON IS LATER RELEASED FOR OBSERVATION OF WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION IN THE UPPER AIR.
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-05. WO C.J. PADDICK, 3 MOBILE METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHT, RAAF, ATTACHED HQ ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY 6 DIVISION, RELEASING A HYDROGEN FILLED BALLOON FOR OBSERVATION OF UPP
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-05. WARRANT OFFICER C.J. PADDICK, 3 MOBILE METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHT, RAAF, ATTACHED HEADQUARTERS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY 6 DIVISION (1), READING THE PSYCHROMETER. SERGE
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-05. WARRANT OFFICER C.J. PADDICK, 3 MOBILE METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHT, RAAF, ATTACHED HEADQUARTERS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY 6 DIVISION, READING THE PSYCHROMETER FOR GROUND
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-05. WO C.J. PADDICK, 3 MOBILE METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHT, RAAF, ATTACHED HQ ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY 6 DIVISION, COMPUTING BALLISTIC WIND FOR ARTILLERY CO-OPERATION. SGT R
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. WAAAF Meteorological Assistants filling a weather balloon from a hydrogen gas cylinder. These balloons are released at regular intervals and observed in flight to compute wi
MOROTAI, 1945-06-06. FLIGHT-SERGEANT M. MCGOVERN, 1 FLIGHT, 1 MOBILE METEOROLOGICAL SQUADRON, RAAF, ATTACHED ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY (RAA), HQ 1 CORPS, INFLATING A METEOROLOGY BALLOON WITH A PORTAB
