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Alcorn, Gordon Charles (Warrant Officer, b.1923 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Alcorn, Gordon Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 421289 Warrant Officer Gordon Charles Alcorn, 354 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada, England and India, 1941-1945. Wallet ...PR04564
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An RAAF pilot (left) 405499 Warrant Officer Ronald Edgar (Birdie) Partridge, of Blair, Athol, Qld ...
Photograph
An RAAF pilot (left) 405499 Warrant Officer Ronald Edgar (Birdie) Partridge, of Blair, Athol, Qld of a RAF mk8 Spitfire Squadron in Burma talks about the damage caused to the tail of his aircraft with...SUK14353
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Aussies in Burma
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel item on Australians serving with RAF P-47 Thunderbolt and Hawker Hurricane equipped squadrons in Burma. Newsreel compiled from F02143 and F02142F10195
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Australian air gunner (Warrant Officer Herbert Scott)
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Australian air gunner Warrant Officer Herbert Donald Scott, 30623, 159 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Digri, India.ART23907
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Australian captain of a liberator (Pilot Officer Leslie Hendy)
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of A410333 Pilot Leslie Arthur Hendy, Australian captain of a B24 Liberator, No 159 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, Burma campaign.ART22386
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Australian Navigator (Pilot Officer Alan Stephens)
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of A406494 Pilot Alan Richard Maidment Stephens, Observer/Navigator, No 215 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Digri, India.ART23580
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Australian pilot tests his engine and controls (Flight Lieutenant James Franks)
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
The monsoon is over and on the first fine day the pilots are down at the strip to check up on the condition of their planes. In this sketch the pilot warms up his engine. A member of his ground crew, ...ART22388
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Blood chit written in Burmese and English : Warrant Officer G E Watson RAAF, 62 Squadron RAF.
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Linen paper blood chit. Paragraphs in Burmese and three other dialects are written in four blocks of text at the top followed by a printed British Coat of Arms. Under this is a statement that the bear...REL25120
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British blood chit
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blood chit with Union Jack in the top left corner and the greeting message written in seventeen languages; Annamite, Haka, Kachin, Laizo, Karen, Burmese, Malay, Sumatra, Tamil, Chinese, English, Frenc...REL36664
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British Type G oxygen mask (with wooden bung) : Warrant Officer L W Candy RAAF, 31 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Air Ministry
Type 'G' green rubber oxygen mask with wooden bung fitted in place of the microphone. The mask is lined with brown chamois leather, and has blue/grey elastic straps for attachment to a flying helmet. ...REL26981
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Flight Lieutenant P V Maher, Royal Australian Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34525.005
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BURMA, 1945. "AIR MARSHAL SIR KEITH PARK: FLYING OFFICER PETTIT (ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE) AND ...
Photograph
BURMA, 1945. "AIR MARSHAL SIR KEITH PARK: FLYING OFFICER PETTIT (ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE) AND SQUADRON LEADER ARCH GUYMER, RAAF) ."P00150.031
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Burma. 1943-12-19/20. A last cup of tea from Indian "char wallahs" for Liberator gunners before ...
Photograph
Burma. 1943-12-19/20. A last cup of tea from Indian "char wallahs" for Liberator gunners before setting out to raid Bangkok, Thailand. They are: Flight Sergeant B. E. C. Ford of Adelaide, SA; Sergeant...SUK12757
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Burma. C. 1944-11. Australian pilots of an RAF Squadron operating Thunderbolt aircraft in Burma.
Photograph
Burma. C. 1944-11. Australian pilots of an RAF Squadron operating Thunderbolt aircraft in Burma.SUK14817
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Burma. C. 1945-01. Flying Officer (FO) A. J. Knight of Spencer Field Lane, Leicester (left) and ...
Photograph
Burma. C. 1945-01. Flying Officer (FO) A. J. Knight of Spencer Field Lane, Leicester (left) and Flight Sergeant P. A. Murray, (right) watching FO N. G. Salter of Wandsworth, London, clean his kukri (k...SUK13533
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Burma. C. 1944-04. Pilot D. E. F. Garvan of Sydney, NSW, Spitfire pilot of No. 136 Squadron RAF ...
Photograph
Burma. C. 1944-04. Pilot D. E. F. Garvan of Sydney, NSW, Spitfire pilot of No. 136 Squadron RAF operating in Burma, stands by while his aircraft is being refuelled. Ground personnel are: Flight Sergea...SUK12042
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Burma. c. 1942-03. RAAF members packing suitcases and sitting inside a thatched shelter in the ...
Photograph
Burma. c. 1942-03. RAAF members packing suitcases and sitting inside a thatched shelter in the final stage of an evacuation. Allied air forces were withdrawn from Burma when Japanese ground forces cap...P02028.024
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Burma. 1943-12-19/20. Crews of the Strategic Air Force being briefed under the wings of the heavy ...
Photograph
Burma. 1943-12-19/20. Crews of the Strategic Air Force being briefed under the wings of the heavy Liberator bombers prior to taking off for the attack on the sea-base at Bangkok, the capital of Thaila...SUK12760
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Burma. C. 1944-03. Roads, bridges, railways, camps and other strategic targets held by the ...
Photograph
Burma. C. 1944-03. Roads, bridges, railways, camps and other strategic targets held by the Japanese are being pounded night and day by aircraft of the RAF, many of which are flown by RAAF pilots. This...SUK13215A
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Burma. C. 1944-03. Roads, bridges, railways, camps and other strategic targets held by the ...
Photograph
Burma. C. 1944-03. Roads, bridges, railways, camps and other strategic targets held by the Japanese are being pounded night and day by aircraft of the RAF, many of which are flown by RAAF pilots. A Hu...SUK13216
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Burma. C. 1945-05. Squadron Leader M. C. Roy Marten, of Mellor Park, Semaphore South, SA, who was ...
Photograph
Burma. C. 1945-05. Squadron Leader M. C. Roy Marten, of Mellor Park, Semaphore South, SA, who was one of the last RAAF officers to leave Burma during the Japanese advance in 1942, was also one of the ...SUK14273
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Burma. Flying Officer M. W. Taylor (left) and Flight Lieutenant G. W. L. Hanson, RAAF pilots ...
Photograph
Burma. Flying Officer M. W. Taylor (left) and Flight Lieutenant G. W. L. Hanson, RAAF pilots serving with No. 113 Squadron RAF.SUK12426D
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BURMA. 1942-11-10. LOW LEVEL ATTACKS BY RAF BLENHEIM SQUADRONS. AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 60 SQUADRON ...
Photograph
BURMA. 1942-11-10. LOW LEVEL ATTACKS BY RAF BLENHEIM SQUADRONS. AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 60 SQUADRON LEVELLING OUT FOR THE "RUN IN" TO MAKE A MAST-HEAD ATTACK ON A JAPANESE COASTER OFF AKYAB. A SPRINKLING OF...128141
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BURMA. 1942-10-20. LOW LEVEL ATTACKS BY RAF BLENHEIM SQUADRONS. AN AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 34 SQUADRON ...
Photograph
BURMA. 1942-10-20. LOW LEVEL ATTACKS BY RAF BLENHEIM SQUADRONS. AN AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 34 SQUADRON IS COMING INTO BOMB A GROUND TARGET. SOME RAAF MEN SERVED WITH THIS SQUADRON. (PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN...128140
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Burma. 1943-12-19/20. One of the heavy Liberator bombers of the Strategic (Air) Force of the ...
Photograph
Burma. 1943-12-19/20. One of the heavy Liberator bombers of the Strategic (Air) Force of the South East Asia Command taxiing past a Vultee Vengeance aircraft as it takes off from a forward airfield to...SUK12759
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Burma Star : Flight Lieutenant P V Maher, Royal Australian Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Burma Star. Unnamed as issued.REL34525.003
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Cockram, John Crothers (Flying Officer, b.1924 - d.2017)
Private Record
Maker: Cockram, John Crothers
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 419379 Flying Officer John Crothers Cockram, 466 Squadron, 462 Squadron, and 96 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada, United Kingdom, and...AWM2017.586.3
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Defence Medal : Flight Lieutenant P V Maher, Royal Australian Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34525.004
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Flight Lieutenant Brian Snowball
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of Flight Lieutenant Brian Snowball, pilot, No 258 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, India 1945.ART25920
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Flight Lieutenant David McCormack
Art
Maker: Hawkins, Sheila
Unfinished portrait of Squadron Leader David William McCormack (400232), DFC, No. 273 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. During the Second World War, Sheila Hawkins worked in the Public Relations ...ART35184
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Flying Goggles RAF Mark VIII : Pilot Officer J Kevin RAAF, 258 Sqn RAF.
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
RAF Mark VIII flying goggles with brown leather face mask and two-section glass lenses in adjustable grey steel frame. Elasticated khaki fabric head band.REL25415.002
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Flying Officer Frank Kelf
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of A420390 Pilot Frank Trevor Kelf, Royal Australian Air Force, No 258 Sqadron Royal Air Force, Ratnap, India.ART23909
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Flying Officer Garnet Burns
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Shows Flying Officer G. Burns, navigator serving with the Royal Australian Air Force, seen taking a bath outside his tent. In the background are fixtures he has salvaged from a crashed Dakota aircraft...ART24261
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Flying Officer Harley O'Regan and Flight Lieutenant A Turnbull
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Flying Officer Harley J O'Regan, Transport Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force pilot serving with the Royal Air Force in Burma, is shown being given an anti-cholera inoculation by Flight Lieutenant A...ART24264
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Incident during monsoon, Kyaukpyu (Squadron Leader Terence Roberts and Flying Officer Owen Sanders)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
This drawing depicts an incident which occurred in a severe monsoonal storm which swept over the tented camp of No. 117 Squadron, Royal Air Force on the ocean beach at Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island off the ...ART24312
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India. C. 1944-08. Brigadier General Gilbert X. Cheves, Commander Base Section (left) in the ...
Photograph
India. C. 1944-08. Brigadier General Gilbert X. Cheves, Commander Base Section (left) in the crewroom before interrogation after returning from the attacks on a heavily fortified Japanese strongpoint ...SUK12732
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India. C. 1944-11. The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Cross, United Kingdom High Commissioner for ...
Photograph
India. C. 1944-11. The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Cross, United Kingdom High Commissioner for Australia, chats with Australian fighter pilots on a forward airstrip during a visit to RAF Squadrons ope...SUK13438
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India. C. 1944-08. Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) Earl B. Fielden of Bare, Morecambe, Lancs, receiving ...
Photograph
India. C. 1944-08. Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) Earl B. Fielden of Bare, Morecambe, Lancs, receiving the American DFC from Brigadier General William D. Old at a ceremony held behind the Burma front. Wg Cdr...SUK12747
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Jarvis, Arthur Norman (Warrant Officer, b.1911 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Jarvis, Arthur Norman Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 423131 Warrant Officer Arthur Norman Jarvis, 159 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United States of America, Canada, the Bahamas a...AWM2020.356.8
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Kukri and Scabbard : Squadron Leader M C C Cotton, RAAF, 17 Squadron RAF
Technology
Kukri with a hilt that has a carved wooden grip encasing the tang back from the ferrule and no crossguard. It has a 15mm band at the mid-point of the grip with a carved ornamental star and zigzag patt...REL25094
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London, England. 1944-01-07. Flying Officer Kenneth Gardiner, RAAF, of Highgate Hill, Qld, who ...
Photograph
London, England. 1944-01-07. Flying Officer Kenneth Gardiner, RAAF, of Highgate Hill, Qld, who had just arrived in London (still wearing his tropical kit) after completing a tour of Army Air Operation...SUK13328
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London, England. 1944-01-07. Pilot Officer Colin Levings (left) of Kalgoorlie, WA and Flying ...
Photograph
London, England. 1944-01-07. Pilot Officer Colin Levings (left) of Kalgoorlie, WA and Flying Officer Ken Gardiner of Highgate Hill, Qld, both of the RAAF, who had just arrived in London (still wearing...SUK13330
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Maddock, Richard D (Gunner)
Private Record
Maker: Maddock, Richard Derwent (Dick)
Memoir written by Richard D Maddock entitled 'Liberator Missions: RAF operational missions in the South-East Asia Theatre of war, 1945'.PR01661
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MANDALAY, BURMA, 1945. "AIR MARSHAL SIR KEITH R. PARK AND RAAF SQUADRON LEADER ARCHIE GUYMER - AT ...
Photograph
MANDALAY, BURMA, 1945. "AIR MARSHAL SIR KEITH R. PARK AND RAAF SQUADRON LEADER ARCHIE GUYMER - AT MANDALAY. GUYMER WAS ALO [AIR LIAISON OFFICER] TO 14TH ARMY, 19TH DIVISION.]P00150.032
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McLean, William John ‘Jack’ (Wing Commander, b.1918 - d.1963)
Private Record
Maker: McLean, William John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 406112 Wing Commander William John 'Jack' McLean, 117 Squadron and 243 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Air Force, Middle East, Ind...AWM2020.74.1
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Muir, Thomas L (Squadron Leader, RAF)
Private Record
Maker: Muir, Thomas L
PAPERS RELATING TO RAAF OPERATIONS IN VARIOUS THEATRES INCLUDING FRANCE AND BURMA. OPERATIONS FILES, DOCUMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS MAPS, DESPATCHES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND SUMMARIES3DRL/6513
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Neil, Hugh Maxwell Paton (Flight Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Neil, Hugh Maxwell Paton
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 402668 Flight Lieutenant Hugh Maxwell Paton Neil, 45 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Africa, India, Burma, and Australia 1941-1949. The col...PR01891
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Nose and wing of a B-24
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
One of the ground crew of No. 215 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force can be seen working on the outer motor of the starboard wing of a Liberator bomber after it's return from an operational flight o...ART23195
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Nowland, Raymond Waller (Flight Lieutenant, b.1917 – d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Nowland, Raymond Waller
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 406366 Flight Lieutenant Raymond Waller Nowland, 84 Squadron and 1579 Calibration Flight, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United Kingdom, ...PR04172
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Pacific Star with Burma clasp : Air Vice Marshal A T Cole, RAAF HQ (LO)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Burma Star with Pacific clasp. Unnamed as issued.REL40985.010
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Penang, Malaya. C. 1945-07. Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, ...
Photograph
Penang, Malaya. C. 1945-07. Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, South East Asia (centre), with Air Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders, Air Marshal Commanding RAF Burma (right), and...SUK14753
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Pillow slip made from escape maps of India and Burma
Heraldry
Pillowcase made from two RAF issue, acetate escape maps sewn together at the long vertical axis. Both the maps are the same, being 'SHEET A / INDIA (PART OF) / BURMA (NORTH WEST)'. The reverse of each...REL25119
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Pilot in cockpit of Thunderbolt (Warrant Officer Russell Precians)
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
A413097 Warrant Officer Russell K Precians, pilot, Royal Australian Air Force, serving with No 258 Squadron, Royal Air Force, seen in the cockpit and canopy of Republic P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft at R...ART22390
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Pilot Officer Robert Cuthbertson
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait depicting Pilot Robert Henry Cuthbertson, A413355, a pilot in the No 134 Squadron, RAAF at Ratnap, India during the Second World War. Robert Henry Cuthbertson entered service on the 17 August...ART24089
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Planes grounded by the 'Chota' monsoon
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
'Chota in the Urdu language means 'little' and the chota monsoon is the week or ten days of rain and high winds which breaks the winter spell of fine weather in the Arakan in January of every year. Th...ART23910
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RAF Type D tropical issue blue cotton drill flying helmet : Pilot Officer F J Kevin RAAF, 258 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Air Force Type 'D' tropical issue blue cotton drill flying helmet with neck visor flap. Without avionics and oxygen mask.REL25415.001
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Ramree Island, Burma. 1945-01-21. A fine picture illustrating the thoroughness with which the ...
Photograph
Ramree Island, Burma. 1945-01-21. A fine picture illustrating the thoroughness with which the heavy bomber aircraft of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, pounded the Japanese positions on R...SUK13804
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Ramree Island, Burma. 1945-01-21. In support of the third large-scale air, land and sea assault ...
Photograph
Ramree Island, Burma. 1945-01-21. In support of the third large-scale air, land and sea assault on the west coast of Burma, RAF Thunderbolt aircraft, Spitfire aircraft, Beaufighter aircraft, US Army A...SUK13800
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Ramree Island, Burma. 1945-01. One of the beaches where landings took place. The dense smoke is ...
Photograph
Ramree Island, Burma. 1945-01. One of the beaches where landings took place. The dense smoke is the result of heavy bomber aircraft air attack in which some RAAF personnel also took part in the operat...SUK13805
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Ramree Island, Burma. 1945-01-21. Some of the invasion craft approaching the island of Ramree. A ...
Photograph
Ramree Island, Burma. 1945-01-21. Some of the invasion craft approaching the island of Ramree. A photograph taken from one of the RAF Liberator aircraft after it had dropped its bombs. Some RAAF perso...SUK13801
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Ramree Island, Burma. 1945-01-21. Some of the RAF Liberator aircraft of the Strategic Air Force, ...
Photograph
Ramree Island, Burma. 1945-01-21. Some of the RAF Liberator aircraft of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, which helped to blast the Japanese positions leaving Ramree Island after making th...SUK13802
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Ranchi, Burma. c. 1944. Flight Lieutenant Weldon Reid, Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF), left, and ...
Photograph
Ranchi, Burma. c. 1944. Flight Lieutenant Weldon Reid, Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF), left, and Flight Lieutenant Eric Readett RAAF, right, standing beside the cabin of a truck. Both men were serving...P02231.002
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Ranchi, Burma. c. 1944. Unknown RAAF Flying Officer standing beside a mobile aircraft battery ...
Photograph
Ranchi, Burma. c. 1944. Unknown RAAF Flying Officer standing beside a mobile aircraft battery starter motor. He was one of several Australians who were posted to No. 82 Squadron RAF and flew in operat...P02231.003
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Regan, George Frederick (Flight Sergeant, b.1915-d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Regan, George Frederick
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 409448 Flight Sergeant George Frederick “Ted” Regan, Royal Australian Air Force, Southern Rhodesia, Kenya, Middle East and India, 29 October 1942...PR05837
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Sharkey, James Anthony (Warrant Officer, b.1920 - d.1995)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Sharkey, James Anthony Sharkey, Michael
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 413034 Warrant Officer James Anthony Sharkey, 17 Squadron (Royal Air Force), Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Egypt, Rhodesia, England and ...PR05857
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1939-45 Star : Flight Lieutenant P V Maher, Royal Australian Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-1945 Star. Unnamed as issued.REL34525.001
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Studio portrait of 415700 Flying Officer (?) William Clarke Tufnell (left) and 422089 Sergeant ...
Photograph
Maker: Venus Photo Studio
Studio portrait of 415700 Flying Officer (?) William Clarke Tufnell (left) and 422089 Sergeant (later Pilot Officer) Victor Abel, both of RAAF. The two served with 82 Squadron, RAF and were killed whe...P02231.001
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Two RAAF boys from Kalgoorlie, WA, present themselves to a BBC studio to broadcast home on a ...
Photograph
Two RAAF boys from Kalgoorlie, WA, present themselves to a BBC studio to broadcast home on a programme in the BBC Pacific Service. Shown are 406423 Pilot Officer (later Flying Officer [FO]) Colin Lev...SUK13329
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Flying logbok and papers of Raymond Waller Nowland
Digitised Collection
Maker: Nowland, Raymond Waller
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 406366 Flight Lieutenant Raymond Waller Nowland, 84 Squadron and 1579 Calibration Flight, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United Kingdom, ...AWM2021.7.52
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Warrant Officer Francis Gould
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of Warrant Officer A414671 Francis Harrison Gould, pilot, serving with No. 134 Squadron Royal Air Force in India, 1945ART26135
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Water Supply problems, Burma (Flight Sergeant Alan Kelly and Warrant Officer Neil Strongman)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
At the forward camp site of 194 Transport Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. To obtain water, a well was sunk and four large drums with the ends cut away were placed end on end in the well and the ...ART24263