The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Signals Office at 14 Aircraft Repair Depot (14 ARD) at Gorrie, NT. The building comprised three parts, from left to right, the generator hut housing 2 x 25kva 3 phase generators powered by V8 Ford engines, the signal office operating section, and the cypher coding and meteorology section. The establishment at Gorrie comprised over 6000 RAAF personnel responsible for aircraft and vehicle maintenance for the RAAF and USAF, servicing 50 aircraft a week.
Crede Head, a paper punched tape high speed keying device manufactured by AWA some of the equipment used at the Signals Office at 14 Aircraft Repair Depot (14 ARD) at Gorrie, NT. The Signals section c
Three Rolls Royce Kestrel engines (the predecessor to the Merlin) fitted to engine stands in a maintenance facility at Richmond air base, NSW. The propeller splines on the front of the engines have th
Kimpo, Korea. 1953-06-27. Gloster Meteor Mk 8 aircraft of No. 77 Squadron RAAF parked at the base on the final day of the war. In the foreground are battery carts used to start the aircraft engines. T
Kimpo, Korea. 1953-06-27. Gloster Meteor Mk 8 aircraft of No. 77 Squadron RAAF parked at the base on the final day of the war. In the foreground is a battery cart used to start the aircraft engines. I
The H/F D/F (High Frequency, Direction Finding or 'huff duff') campsite at Truscott Base. The larger building on the right is the mess and the smaller building the cooking facilities. The roof of the
The H/F D/F (High Frequency, Direction Finding or 'huff duff') campsite at Truscott Base. The larger tent on the left is the living quarters for the soldiers stationed at Truscott Base and on its righ
