The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of staff from the Department of Aircraft Production's NSW Area Workshop, at Chullora, NSW. Operated with the support of the NSW Government Railways, and located in former railway buildings, the Workshop produced the forward fuselage, stern frame and nacelle structures for the Beaufort bomber. Mr Jack Dunkerley, the machine shop foreman, is at far right, back row, all others unidentified. The photo was taken after mid-1942 (the nose section has radar aerial mounts - the little black dot on the lower forward nose). The cones at left and right are the rear sections of nacelles, the big piece, left, is a stern frame. The objects in the centre are a pair of undercarriage nacelle structures, with the undercarriage legs attached and the forward fuselage is on the right.
Group portrait of staff from the Department of Aircraft Production's NSW Area Workshop, at Chullora, NSW. Operated with the support of the NSW Government Railways, and located in former railway buildi
Dover Heights, South Heads, NSW. The full view of the Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) Radar. The canvas tent is covering the A frame. The canvas tent is made at Chullora Railway Workshops, Chullora,
Probably Northern Australia. The full view of the Mark 1A Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) Radar. The canvas tent enclosure and flies are in postion, surrounding the A frame of the radar. The tent is
Chullora, NSW. 1939-1945. Group of aircraft plant staff and supervisors in front of a partially-constructed Bristol Beaufort bomber outside the Department of Aircraft Production's Chullora assembly pl
Members of the AFC beside a heavily damaged Staaken R.XIV aircraft. This aircraft was powered by five 245 h.p. Maybach Mb IVa engines - two each in engine nacelles driving two bladed propellors in a
SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-04-30. AERIAL STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS GERALDTON (J178) SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETION. SHE MOUNTS A 12 POUNDER AA GUN FORWARD. NOTE THE KITE/OTTERS AND FLOATS OF HER
