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Air defence exercise at Darwin
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In a four day mock air war RAAF bombers and fighters attacked Darwin and the RAAF base which was defended by fighters, missiles and anti-aircraft guns. This item shows airborne troops parachuting from...F02731
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1942-04-01. AVRO ANSON W-2083 (RETAINED RAF SERIAL NUMBER) ON NAVIGATION TRAINING EXERCISE FROM ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
1942-04-01. AVRO ANSON W-2083 (RETAINED RAF SERIAL NUMBER) ON NAVIGATION TRAINING EXERCISE FROM LAVERTON (VIC.). PILOT WAS REGULAR OFFICER, 457 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY WILLIAM COVENTRY.AC0003
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Bengal, India. c. 1945. A 'Miami' built Air/Sea Rescue launch going full out during dinghy drill ...
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Bengal, India. c. 1945. A 'Miami' built Air/Sea Rescue launch going full out during dinghy drill practice at one of the RAF Marine Craft bases.P02491.094
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Bengal, India. c. 1945. Dinghy practice is a regular thing with the personnel of the RAF Air/Sea ...
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Bengal, India. c. 1945. Dinghy practice is a regular thing with the personnel of the RAF Air/Sea Rescue service. Members of the boat crew are being 'rescued' from the water at one of the RAF Marine Cr...P02491.095
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Bengal, India. c. 1945. Two members of the RAF Air/Sea Rescue boat's crew stand by with a boat ...
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Bengal, India. c. 1945. Two members of the RAF Air/Sea Rescue boat's crew stand by with a boat hook as the launch noses its way up to the dinghy during regular dinghy practice at one of the RAF Marine...P02491.096
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C.1939. THREE BRISTOL BLENHEIM MARK I LIGHT BOMBERS FLY IN AN ECHELON FORMATION PRIOR TO WORLD ...
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C.1939. THREE BRISTOL BLENHEIM MARK I LIGHT BOMBERS FLY IN AN ECHELON FORMATION PRIOR TO WORLD WAR 2. THAT THEY ARE TAKING PART IN EXERCISES IS INDICATED BY THE IDENTIFICATION STRIPES PAINTED ON THEIR...304461
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DARWIN, NT. 1944-11-03. GROUP CAPTAIN B. (BLACKJACK) WALKER (LEFT) WITH MR W.M. (WILLIAM MORRIS) ...
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DARWIN, NT. 1944-11-03. GROUP CAPTAIN B. (BLACKJACK) WALKER (LEFT) WITH MR W.M. (WILLIAM MORRIS) HUGHES, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (MHR), AT A RADIO TELEPHONE OUTSIDE OPERATIONS ROOM, 1 F...082292
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Darwin "under attack" in air exercise: code named "Castor Oil"
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This RAAF Public Relations TV news item is a further supplement to AWM film F02774. Visuals show Mirage "defenders' at Darwin; airfield defence guards; RAF Vulcans; Canberra bombers and Sabre jets at ...F02775
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England. C. 1944-05. Before the invasion of Normandy the Services carried out many combined ...
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England. C. 1944-05. Before the invasion of Normandy the Services carried out many combined operations invasion practices, which were filmed by the RAF Film Unit. This picture shows smoke-laying by Bo...SUK13360
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Exercise "Castor Oil" gets under way
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This exercise was designed to test the wet season defence facilities of Darwin. RAF Vulcans were flown from Singapore to take part in the exercise. RAAF aircraft taking part included Mirage fighters, ...F02774
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Heavy rains have turned a large expanse of an airfield into a miniature lake and some RAF ...
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Heavy rains have turned a large expanse of an airfield into a miniature lake and some RAF Wellington bomber crews hit upon the idea of doing some dinghy drill on real water, right on their own doorste...SUK11998
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RAAF Darwin Exercise Code named 'High Mars'
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Maker: RAAF Public Relations
Elements of three RAAF, RAF and RNZAF moved to the newly operational RAAF base Tindal airfield, Darwin, for an exercise code-named "High Mars". The exercise was an air defence strike reconnaissance us...F02721
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RAAF jets prepare for Darwin exercise
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Over 70 aircraft of the RAAF, RAF and RNZAF are preparing for the major air defence exercise of 1972, coverage on Darwin and Tindal in the Northern Territory. Mark 2 Phantoms and Canberra jets support...F02816
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Sea rescue for RAAF nurses
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Four RAAF nursing sisters and three male medical orderlies from the RAAF hospital, Butterworth Malaya, participated in a realistic exercise in air-sea rescue as part of their training. Using a crash l...F02747
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'Short Gallop' comes to a halt DPR/TV/1288
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Maker: Garrett, Richard
1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, recently completed Exercise Short Gallop in Eastern Malaya - the first major warm-up by Australian, British and New Zealand soldiers in preparation for th...F04449
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Three power air war exercise at Darwin
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This RAAF PR/TV news item is a short coverage of various aspects in an exercise to test Darwin's defence system. RAAF, RAF and RNZAF took part in the exercise. RAF Vulcans and RNZAF Canberra out of Ti...F02755
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UK. C. 1944. Portrait of 26 year old Flying Officer (FO) Arthur Lawrence Marshall of Sydney, NSW, ...
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UK. C. 1944. Portrait of 26 year old Flying Officer (FO) Arthur Lawrence Marshall of Sydney, NSW, instructor at an Operational Training Unit (OTU) gives last minute instruction to FO Woloschuk before ...SUK11975