The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members, probably, of No 4 Squadron Australian Flying Corps, standing in front of a German Siemens-Schuckert Werke multi-engined 'R' aeroplane wrecked on the Bickendorf Aerodrome. Identified are Major A W L Ellis MC (second from the left) and Captain [Elwyn] Roy King DFC (second from the right), all others are unidentified. Note that the propellers are driven by friction clutch, and not coupled direct to the shaft. The two wheels underneath the airframe appear to be a movement dolly, rather than part of the original airframe. The six SSW R planes (of which this is one) were fitted for flying with conventional lightweight wheels in two pairs on short axles. The axle stubs (without wheels) can be seen in the photograph.
The remains of a German Siemens-Schuckert Werke 'R' aircraft at a German airfield on the outskirts of Cologne. The photograph shows the port side of the fuselage, looking forward to the wing root. T
Wooden laminated twin bladed propeller fitted to a German multi-engined R plane. Fabricated from 16 laminations, each lamination 12mm thick. Possibly from the same aircraft as RELAWM11639. Stamped
BICKENDORF, COLOGNE, GERMANY. 1918-12. WRECKAGE OF SIEMENS SCHUCKERT R-TYPE "GIANT" AEROPLANE ON BICKENDORF AERODROME. THE AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ARE FROM NO.4 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS WHICH WAS ST
The remains of a German Siemens-Schuckert Werke 'R' aircraft at a German airfield on the outskirts of Cologne. The photograph shows the port side of the fuselage, looking forward to the wing root. T
Wooden laminated twin bladed propeller fitted to a German multi-engined R plane. Fabricated from 16 laminations, each lamination 12mm thick. Possibly from the same aircraft as RELAWM11639. Stamped
Group portrait of Australian Flying Corps (AFC) participants in the officers’ training course, Officers Training College, Queens College, Oxford. This group included the first Australians taken from t
22.5 x 20.5 cm piece of linen fabric cut from the flying surface of a German aircraft. The uppermost (external) surface is almost black in appearance, to the extent that the different lozenge colours
German 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer neuer art (medium trench mortar, new model). The weapon is a rifled muzzle-loading mortar, with six rifling grooves. The barrel length of 4.5 calibres identifies it