The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-21. A 12 FOOT HESSION PARACHUTE IN TESTS AT HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE. THE PARACHUTE, USED WITH STORPEDO CONTAINERS TO LESSEN IMPACT, IS DROPPED AT 3 TIMES THE SPEED OF THE 24 FOOT NYLON OR SILK PARACHUTES. THIS RESULTS IN MORE ACCURATE AND ECONOMICAL SUPPLY DROP.
NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-21. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE GATHER PARACHUTE CONTAINERS FOLLOWING TESTS DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HESSIAN PARACHUTES AND STORPEDO CONTAINERS. LOADS
Torricelli Mountains, New Guinea. February 1945. An AIF supply depot set up in the jungle of northern New Guinea. Stores dropped by parachute are assembled here before despatch to forward units. Note
NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-21. VX108086 CAPTAIN W.B. BALLARD, AT HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE EXAMINING OWEN GUNS AND OTHER STORES DROPPED BY PARACHUTE IN A STORPEDO CONTAINER.
NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-21. A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT DROPPING UNPROTECTED SUPPLIES TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORPEDO CONTAINERS IN SUPPLY DROPS TO HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA F
QX27581 Private W Trapp (1) and NX168528 Private A G Vardy (2), re-folding a parachute dropped from a Kai bomber aircraft on Ulebilum Ridge, Yamil Sector, New Guinea. The supplies are dispatched by 2/
NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-21. A STORPEDO CONTAINING STORES AND PROVISIONS DROPPED BY PARACHUTE TO PERSONNEL OF HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE. THE BROKEN PERCUSSION NOSE, (FOREGROUND), IS DESIGNED TO
