The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-25. OFFICERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITAURY FORCES AND THE RAAF GIVING A FINAL CHECK TO A "STOREPEDO" CONTAINING AN AUSTER AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WHICH IS TO BE DROPPED BY A COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION "WIRRAWAY" AIRCRAFT OF NO.5 TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, TO A NEW ZEALAND PILOT WHO CRASH LANDED IN ENEMY TERRITORY.
1/4 Scale Model of a Container, Cylindrical, Supply Dropping with Parachute, Hessian, 12' Dia 'Storepedo'. This model is a cone tipped cylindrical shaped red/orange painted aerial resupply container.
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-25. GROUND STAFF PERSONNEL OF NO.5 TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON RAAF, FITTING A "STOREPEDO" CONTAINING AN AUSTER AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TO THE BOMB RACKS OF A COMMONWEALTH
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-25. OFFICERS OF HEADQUARTERS, 3RD DIVISION AND THE RAAF PACKING A "AUSTER" AIRCRAFT PROPELLER INTO A "STOREPEDO" FOR DROPPING TO A NEW ZEALAND PILOT WHO HAS CRASH LANDED B
Tradesmen making final adjustments to Wirraway aircraft before testing at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory.
Tradesmen making the final adjustments to a Wirraway aircraft at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory before it is tested.
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. C. 1945-01. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MOSIGETTA AREA IN SOUTHERN BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND SHOWING THE TYPE OF COUNTRY IN WHICH PRESENT ACTION BY AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES IS TAKING PLA
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. C. 1945-01. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MOSIGETTA AREA IN SOUTHERN BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND SHOWING THE TYPE OF COUNTRY IN WHICH PRESENT ACTION BY AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES IS TAKING PLA
