The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-30. AUSSIES EXAMINING THE WRECKAGE OF AN OLD FIAT BIPLANE SHOT DOWN BEHIND THEIR LINES BY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. THIS PLANE WAS ONE OF FIVE WHICH FLEW OVER THE BRITISH LINES NEVER TO RETURN. THE PILOT OF THIS PLANE WAS NOT BADLY HURT, BUT WAS WEARING ONE INFANTRY BOOT AND ONE FLYING BOOT.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-30. VIEW OF AN OLD FIAT BIPLANE SHOT DOWN BY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. IT WAS ONE OF FIVE WHICH FLEW OVER THE BRITISH LINES NEVER TO RETURN. THE PILOT WAS NOT BADLY HURT, BUT
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-30. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS VIEW WITH CURIOSITY THE WRECKAGE OF AN OLD FABRIC-COVERED FIAT BIPLANE SHOT DOWN BEHIND THE AUSTRALIAN LINES. NOTE ENTRANCE TO DUGOUT IN THE FOREGR
Western Desert, Egypt. 11 November 1942. Allied lorries moving up to the battle area with supplies, pass a wrecked Italian Fiat CR 42 fighter aircraft. The biplane aircraft was shot down beside the ro
The wreckage of a US Cessna Bird Dog aircraft alight. The plane was shot down by Viet Cong as it was doing reconaissance for a convoy travelling from Fire Support Base Coral to Vung Tau. The pilot, 23
The wreckage of a US Cessna Bird Dog aircraft alight. The plane was shot down by Viet Cong as it was doing reconaissance for a convoy travelling from Fire Support Base Coral to Vung Tau. The pilot, 23
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
