The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A damaged radio from a Gloster Meteor Mk 8 jet aircraft of 77 Squadron RAAF sits on a timber deck, probably at the squadron base at Kimpo airfield.The radio, which is usually situated in the aircraft just behind the head of the pilot, has been destroyed by a 30mm shell from a MiG 15 jet aircraft . The pilot at the time of the strike is thought to be Flight Lieutenant Maxwell (Max) Scannell RAF, one of 32 RAF pilots who served with the 77 Squadron during the Korean War.
Portrait of Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Maxwell (Max) Scannell, RAF officer attached 77 Squadron RAAF at a forward United Nations (UN) airfield. Flt Lt Scannell is an instructor who trained the RAAF pi
KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1953. A LINE OF GLOSTER METEOR MK 8 AIRCRAFT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF ARMED WITH ROCKETS READY FOR A STRIKE.
A group portrait of the first RAF pilots to serve with 77 Squadron RAAF in Korea. Left to right: Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Reg Lamb, Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Max Scannell, Flt Lt Joe Blyth and Flt
KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1953. CORPORAL DES NEWMAN MARSHALS A GLOSTER METEOR JET OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF INTO THE FLIGHT LINE ON RETURN FROM A STRIKE AGAINST NORTH KOREAN TARGETS.
Kimpo, Korea. 1952. Informal portrait of 011371 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Douglas Charles Hurst of No. 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF studying a map prior to an operational mission over North Korea in hi
KOREA C.1952 032529 PILOT OFFICER GRIFF BOORD OF 77 SQUADRON WITH HIS GLOSTER METEOR MK 8 AT K.14, KIMPO AIRFIELD. (DONOR - H.A. HUGHES).
