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Airman
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray Battaglia & Co, Milan, Italy
An airman from the Second World War wearing full flying kit, (flying suit and helmet) and carrying his parachute over his shoulder.ART40978
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Airman (pattern)
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray
Figure of an airman in uniform, carrying a parachute. This sculpture was created as a souvenir for sale through the Australian War Memorial. There is a large scale version of this sculpture in the N...ART90972
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Airmen and gear (Flying Officer Skinner and Flying Officer Harold Rowell)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts Flying Officer Skinner and 406958 Flying Officer Harold M Rowell, both of No 22 Squadron RAAF, preparing for air attack, May 1943 at Ward's Drome.ART21709
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Air Support: Qantas Empire Airways
Art
Maker: Jardine, Walter Lacy Qantas W.M Brooks & Co. Ltd
Second World War propaganda poster designed for QANTAS by leading Australian commercial artist Walter Jardine. The image is a depiction of Australian soldiers and a Papua New Guinean in the valley of ...ARTV05158
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Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to ...
Photograph
Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to troops in the operational area of Aitape. Lord Wakehurst (standing, centre), Governor of New South Wal...018326
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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. AN UNEXPLODED PARACHUTE BOMB HANGS SUSPENDED FROM A TREE ...
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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. AN UNEXPLODED PARACHUTE BOMB HANGS SUSPENDED FROM A TREE NEAR THE ALEXISHAFEN NO.1 AIRSTRIP. TWO SIMILAR BOMBS WERE DISCOVERED SUSPENDED FROM TREES IN THE AREA. TH...073137
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A local man and his son watch Private (Pte) G. Wheeler and Pte K. Wilson, Members of Headquarters ...
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A local man and his son watch Private (Pte) G. Wheeler and Pte K. Wilson, Members of Headquarters Supply Depot Company. The two men are fastening a parachute on top of a "Storpedo" after Australian Co...093974
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American airmen rescued
Film
Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
American airman rescued with parachute from sea. Rescue craft races across to aircraft to rescue crew from coral reef.F01266
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AN ARMY EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF RATIONING TROOPS FROM THE AIR. THE ...
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AN ARMY EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF RATIONING TROOPS FROM THE AIR. THE FIELD TROOPS WERE THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, COMMANDED BY BRIGADIER D. A. WHITEHEAD DSO MC, TH...052989
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A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A ...
Photograph
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A DEHAVILLAND TIGER MOTH. (PHOTOGRAPHER C. BOTTOMLEY)002297
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A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A ...
Photograph
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A DEHAVILLAND TIGER MOTH. (PHOTOGRAPHER C. BOTTOMLEY)002297/01
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ARCHERFIELD, QLD? C.1941. PROBABLY AERO DELIVERY TRIALS USING PARACHUTE STORES. (ORIGINAL HOUSED ...
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ARCHERFIELD, QLD? C.1941. PROBABLY AERO DELIVERY TRIALS USING PARACHUTE STORES. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)P00264.007
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Arisaka Type 2 Parachutist's Rifle
Technology
Maker: Nagoya Army Ordnance Factory
Arisaka Type 2 Parachutist's bolt action take down. A locking key with a D ring goes through the receiver and engages a slot in the barrel. The receiver top is marked with a chrysanthemum that has bee...REL/08456.001
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A smiling Squadron Leader Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes, DSO, DFC, with his leg in plaster. ...
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A smiling Squadron Leader Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes, DSO, DFC, with his leg in plaster. On 25 May 1941, while attacking a Ju-88, his engine was set on fire, and he was forced to 'take the si...P02541.015
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ATHERTON TABLELAND, QLD. 1943-07-02. PORTRAIT OF COLONEL HENSLER, 503RD UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ...
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Maker: Monro, Ronald Keith
ATHERTON TABLELAND, QLD. 1943-07-02. PORTRAIT OF COLONEL HENSLER, 503RD UNITED STATES PARACHUTE UNIT.053736
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AT SEA, BETWEEN FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA AND BIAK. 1945-04-04. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE OF THE VAN ...
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AT SEA, BETWEEN FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA AND BIAK. 1945-04-04. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE OF THE VAN HEUTSZ, KPM LINE, AS A US ARMY GUNNER FIRES HIS .50 INCH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN AT A PARACHUTE ...088459
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AT SEA, BETWEEN FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA AND BIAK. 1945-04-04. PRIVATE R.H. GANTT, A US ARMY ...
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AT SEA, BETWEEN FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA AND BIAK. 1945-04-04. PRIVATE R.H. GANTT, A US ARMY GUNNER ABOARD THE VAN HEUTSZ FIRES HIS .50 INCH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN AT A PARACHUTE TARGET HANGIN...088458
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Attack with me says Potato Pete
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Unknown
British Second World War Ministry of Food poster. The poster depicts the cartoon character Potato Pete as a parachutist. Potato Pete was a character created to advertise the use of potatoes in the pla...ARTV07940
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ATTENTION TO PARACHUTES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PHASES OF FLYING OPERATIONS AND THE NUMBER ...
Photograph
Maker: Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
ATTENTION TO PARACHUTES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PHASES OF FLYING OPERATIONS AND THE NUMBER OF PILOTS WHO OWE THEIR LIVES TO PARACHUTES IS INCALCULABLE. MEMBERS OF THE W.A.A.A.F. STATIONED AT A MA...013529
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. DROPPING BY PARACHUTE STORES FROM A CAC WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT (A20-206). (ORIGINAL ...
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. DROPPING BY PARACHUTE STORES FROM A CAC WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT (A20-206). (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)P00264.008
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. DUMMY PARACHUTE DROP FROM A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE ...
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. DUMMY PARACHUTE DROP FROM A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)P00264.017
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. PARACHUTE DROP IN A DUMMY PRACTICE FROM A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT (OUT OF SIGHT). ...
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AUSTRALIA. C.1941. PARACHUTE DROP IN A DUMMY PRACTICE FROM A WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT (OUT OF SIGHT). (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)P00264.016
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Australia hessian supply parachute for a Storepedo
Heraldry
Maker: Michaelis Hallenstein & Co Pty Ltd
Hession supply parachute with integral green dyed hemp ropes and a maker's tag sewn to lower edge.REL44827.001
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2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion positions
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
On a spur overlooking the airstrip at Rethymnon (or Retimo) showing the mountains to the south east. Very bitter fighting between an Australian infantry battalion and the German parachutists took plac...ART24056
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2/4 Australian Infantry Battalion positions at near Alikarnassos
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
The Australian positions were on extreme top right of picture, the meteorological station at hight point at left. In the depression running up the centre of the scene was a cornfield in which the Germ...ART24048
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BABIANG AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-19. TROOPS OF 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON RECOVERING SUPPLIES ...
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BABIANG AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-19. TROOPS OF 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON RECOVERING SUPPLIES DROPPED FROM A BEAUFORT BOMBER OF 100 SQUADRON, RAAF. COLOURED PARACHUTES ARE USED TO ASSIST THE LOCATION OF ...083410
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BARARA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-07. PARACHUTES CARRYING FRESH MEAT FOR THE TROOPS OF THE ...
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BARARA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-07. PARACHUTES CARRYING FRESH MEAT FOR THE TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION FLOATING DOWN ON THE DROPPING AREA AFTER BEING DROPPED FROM A RAAF DOUGLAS C47 DAK...079450
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BARARA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-07. QX34456 PRIVATE M.J. CUSKILLY (1), QX27460 LANCE ...
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BARARA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-07. QX34456 PRIVATE M.J. CUSKILLY (1), QX27460 LANCE CORPORAL R. STROW (2) QX58291 SERGEANT J.T. APPLEWATE (3) AND N437500 PTE R.V. HUSH (4) 25TH INFANTRY BATTALIO...079451
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BARARA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-07. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION COLLECTING THE ...
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BARARA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-07. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION COLLECTING THE PARACHUTES AND FRESH FOOD WHICH HAS JUST BEEN DROPPED BY A RAAF DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT ON THE UNIT DR...079452
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BARARA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-07. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION LOADING PARACHUTES ...
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BARARA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-07. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION LOADING PARACHUTES AND FRESH FOOD ONTO A JEEP AND TRAILER AFTER THE RAAF HAD DROPPED THE UNIT DAILY FOOD RATION. IDENTIFI...079453
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BINBROOK, ENGLAND. 1944-06. WING COMMANDER JOHN KEITH DOUGLAS DFC AFC, SQUADRON COMMANDER, 460 ...
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Maker: Central Press Photo Ltd
BINBROOK, ENGLAND. 1944-06. WING COMMANDER JOHN KEITH DOUGLAS DFC AFC, SQUADRON COMMANDER, 460 SQUADRON RAF (KILLED IN ACTION 1945-02-08), FASTENING ON HIS PARACHUTE.134662
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Biscuit bomber: the story of dropping (Combat Film Report No. 425)
Film
The history of aerial supply dropping in the SWPA Shows the problems associated with the dropping of supplies to forward troops by aeroplane. Identified personnel: Major Beck 54th Troop Carrier Wing, ...F01897
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Bombers away
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound Review news item showing ground crews arming Beaufort bombers. WAAAF radio operators and parachute packers. Aircrews being instructed on abandoning aircraft procedures and ground control of ...F02018
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BONEGILLA, VIC. 1944-05-02. A MEMBER OF THE 1ST ARMY SERVICE CORPS TRAINING BATTALION FOLDING A ...
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Maker: Johnston, Eric Charles
BONEGILLA, VIC. 1944-05-02. A MEMBER OF THE 1ST ARMY SERVICE CORPS TRAINING BATTALION FOLDING A PARACHUTE IN THE PARACHUTE SECTION. THE PARACHUTE IS A 24 FOOT G1 AND WHEN IT IS USED FOR SUPPLY DROPPIN...066239
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BONEGILLA, VIC. 1944-05-02. A MEMBER OF THE 1ST ARMY SERVICE CORPS TRAINING BATTALION PACKING A ...
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Maker: Johnston, Eric Charles
BONEGILLA, VIC. 1944-05-02. A MEMBER OF THE 1ST ARMY SERVICE CORPS TRAINING BATTALION PACKING A FOLDED PARACHUTE INTO ITS PACK.066240
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BORAM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-21. DAMAGED PARACHUTES FORMING A ROOFED PASSAGE IN THE TENT LINES OF ...
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BORAM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-21. DAMAGED PARACHUTES FORMING A ROOFED PASSAGE IN THE TENT LINES OF 30 INFANTRY BATTALION.098967
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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-27. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AREA WHERE SUPPLIES ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-27. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AREA WHERE SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN DROPPED TO AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES FORWARD TROOPS FROM A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIR...OG2144
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BOUGAINVILLE, PNG. 1943-11-18. AIRCRAFTMEN LOADING A STORES CONTAINER (STORPEDO) ON TO A ...
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BOUGAINVILLE, PNG. 1943-11-18. AIRCRAFTMEN LOADING A STORES CONTAINER (STORPEDO) ON TO A COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (CAC) WIRRAWAY OF NO 5 SQUADRON RAAF FOR SUBSEQUENT DROPPING TO AN AIF UNIT I...P00448.064
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BRITAIN'S PARATROOPS. SHOWING PARACHUTE TROOPS AROUND HOLE IN THE FUSELAGE FROM WHICH THEY JUMP. ...
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Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
BRITAIN'S PARATROOPS. SHOWING PARACHUTE TROOPS AROUND HOLE IN THE FUSELAGE FROM WHICH THEY JUMP. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).007872
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BRITAIN'S PARATROOPS. THESE PICTURES OF PARATROOPS UNDER INSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AT A ...
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Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
BRITAIN'S PARATROOPS. THESE PICTURES OF PARATROOPS UNDER INSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AT A SECRET R.A.F. STATION IN BRITAIN, WHERE THE ARMY AND AIR FORCE ARE COLLABORATING IN THE TRAINING. RECRUITS ...009458
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British positions near the air-strip, Iraklion
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Sketched at the town of Iraklion, also known as Heraklion. Showing the positions of the 14th (British) Infantry Brigade during the attack on the airfield by German parachutists and glider-borne troops...ART24045
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Bungee straps for Observer type chest parachute : Royal Australian Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Set of six bungee straps to fit an 'Observer' type chest parachute. The elastic of the straps is covered with cotton fabric flecked with blue and yellow, or blue and black, threads. The straps have a ...RELAWM30332.003
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Burma
Film
Maker: Stirling, James Belton RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Loading wounded Indian troops into DC-3 aircraft from ambulance at Akyab. Beaufigther dispersal at Joari airstrip. Supply parachute folding by Indian Army personnel at Akyab. DC-3 propeller being remo...F02130
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Burma. C. 1945-04. A transport aircraft dropping supplies by parachute, to the 14th Army, on a ...
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Burma. C. 1945-04. A transport aircraft dropping supplies by parachute, to the 14th Army, on a bridgehead south of the Irrawaddy River while the battle is still raging.SUK14004
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Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Parachutes litter the dropping zone after Douglas C47 Dakota ...
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Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Parachutes litter the dropping zone after Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF, many with RAAF members in the crews, had put down their supplies to...SEA0168
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Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Parachutes litter the dropping zone after Douglas C47 Dakota ...
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Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Parachutes litter the dropping zone after Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF, many with RAAF members in the crews, had put down their supplies to...SEA0169
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Burma. c. 20 March 1945. RAAF aircrew flying with the RAF, helped largely in the downfall of ...
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Burma. c. 20 March 1945. RAAF aircrew flying with the RAF, helped largely in the downfall of Mandalay, the capture of which was accomplished on 20 March 1945. British 14th Army troops are collecting b...P02491.133
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Burma. c. March 1945. Supplies being dropped by parachute from RAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport ...
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Burma. c. March 1945. Supplies being dropped by parachute from RAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft to advanced army units during the campaign to capture Mandalay.P02491.127
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Burma. c. March 1945. This mass of silk is a portion of 20,000 parachutes that have been salvaged ...
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Burma. c. March 1945. This mass of silk is a portion of 20,000 parachutes that have been salvaged and returned for reuse. The parachutes were used by the Combat Cargo Task Force for dropping supplies ...P02491.130
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Burma. c. 1944. Winging their way over mountainous country, these Douglas C47 Dakota transport ...
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Burma. c. 1944. Winging their way over mountainous country, these Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft fly deep into Burma to land with supplies or drop them by parachute. Many RAAF men are members o...P02491.183
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Burma. 2 March 1945. A RAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft drops supplies by parachute to ...
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Burma. 2 March 1945. A RAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft drops supplies by parachute to troops of the British 14th Army on a bridgehead south of the Irrawaddy River, while the battle for Manda...P02491.131
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Burma. 2 March 1945. While the British 14th Army troops were advancing on Mandalay, which they ...
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Burma. 2 March 1945. While the British 14th Army troops were advancing on Mandalay, which they captured, thousands of pounds of supplies were dropped to them by RAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircra...P02491.132
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Burma. 1 May 1945. Hundreds of parachutes were left on the ground by the paratroops who landed by ...
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Burma. 1 May 1945. Hundreds of parachutes were left on the ground by the paratroops who landed by them during the invasion. Paratroops of South East Asia Command landed from the air on strategic point...P02491.062
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Burma. 1 May 1945. Parachutes slowly falling in the sky, suspending paratroops who landed at ...
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Burma. 1 May 1945. Parachutes slowly falling in the sky, suspending paratroops who landed at strategic points around the town and port of Rangoon, the capital of Burma. The paratroops of South East As...P02491.061
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Burma. 2 September 1944. To maintain troops serving behind enemy lines, RAAF pilots and aircrew ...
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Burma. 2 September 1944. To maintain troops serving behind enemy lines, RAAF pilots and aircrew make frequent daily trips in RAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft to drop supplies by parachute.P02491.121
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Cairns, Qld. 1944-09-25. Portrait of 266505 Flight Lieutenant T. G. Britton of Ariah Park, NSW, ...
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Cairns, Qld. 1944-09-25. Portrait of 266505 Flight Lieutenant T. G. Britton of Ariah Park, NSW, adjutant of No. 41 (Transport Sea) Squadron RAAF which operates Martin PBM Mariner flying boats on trans...NEA0574
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Captain Henry Nicholls
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Captain Henry William Nicholls MC (NX15737) 'Z' Special Unit (formerly of 1st Australian Parachute Battalion and 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion). Served in Benghazi and Tobruk, ...ART24249
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Cast away
Film
Maker: Willard Pictures
A United States Navy training film produced for the Bureau Of Aeronautics by Willard Pictures on survival at sea for downed aircrew.F02297
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Chaklala, India. September 1943. Two mules wearing general service pattern pack saddles, with ...
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Chaklala, India. September 1943. Two mules wearing general service pattern pack saddles, with breeching and cruppers inside an aircraft during a supply dropping experiment. The canvas on the floor is...P02586.001
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Chest pack parachute harness : RAAF / RAF
Heraldry
Maker: The Irvin Air Chute Co Inc
Parachute harness with white cotton webbing straps for the arms, chest and legs leading to a four point central front, chromed metal, harness lock. This lock is marked with an arrow and the words 'TUR...REL24039
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Cocos Islands. C. 1945-08. Following the Japanese surrender, RAF heavy bomber aircraft dropped ...
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Cocos Islands. C. 1945-08. Following the Japanese surrender, RAF heavy bomber aircraft dropped much-needed medical supplies to Allied prisoner of war camps in the Dutch East Indies and Singapore area....SUK14678
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Coomalie Creek, NT. 20 January 1943. Crew members of No. 31 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAAF, still ...
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Coomalie Creek, NT. 20 January 1943. Crew members of No. 31 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAAF, still wearing their parachute equipment in front of their aircraft after returning from a mission over Timor. L...NWA0045
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Cowper, Robert Barson (Squadron Leader), DFC and bar; McCall, Katharine (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Cowper, Robert Barson McCall, Katharine Various
Collection relating to 407666 Squadron Leader Robert Cowper, 456 Squadron and his fiancee (later wife) 422366 Corporal Katharine McCall, WAAF. It comprises correspondence between Cowper and McCall, ...PR03428
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CRETE, 1941-05-20. GERMAN PARACHUTES OVER SUDA BAY DURING THE INVASION.
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CRETE, 1941-05-20. GERMAN PARACHUTES OVER SUDA BAY DURING THE INVASION.128432
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CRETE, 1941-05-20. GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOPS OVER SUDA BAY DURING THE INVASION.
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CRETE, 1941-05-20. GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOPS OVER SUDA BAY DURING THE INVASION.128433
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Crete, 1941-05-20. German paratroops, part of the German airborne invasion of Crete, parachuting ...
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Crete, 1941-05-20. German paratroops, part of the German airborne invasion of Crete, parachuting onto the village of Suda. Sunken British shipping can be seen in Suda Bay and a burning Junkers JU52 is...134876
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CRETE, MAY 1941. THE BATTLE OF CRETE. GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOPS BEING LANDED FROM TROOP-CARRYING ...
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CRETE, MAY 1941. THE BATTLE OF CRETE. GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOPS BEING LANDED FROM TROOP-CARRYING PLANES IN CRETE. VIEW OVER HERAKLION AND MALEME AERODROME. THE LARGE BLACK BLOBS ARE PARACHUTES AND THE B...P00149.004
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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02. PARACHUTE BOMBS BEING DROPPED ON THE JAPANESE AIRFIELD.
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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02. PARACHUTE BOMBS BEING DROPPED ON THE JAPANESE AIRFIELD.108781
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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02. PARACHUTE BOMBS BEING DROPPED ON THE JAPANESE AIRFIELD.
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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02. PARACHUTE BOMBS BEING DROPPED ON THE JAPANESE AIRFIELD.108782
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DARWIN, 1943. LIST OF SQUADRON MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PARACHUTE FROM AIRCRAFT. THE ...
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DARWIN, 1943. LIST OF SQUADRON MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PARACHUTE FROM AIRCRAFT. THE "CATERPILLAR" AND "GQ" SYMBOLS REPRESENT THE TYPES OF PARACHUTE USED. THE OTHER SYMBOL REPRESENTS DITCHING A...P00446.002
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Dawe's Creek crossing action
Film
Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
Men of the 24th Australian Infantry Battalion supported by tanks of the 2/4th Australian Armoured Regiment, as they bridge the Dawe's Creek and on the road to Anderson's Junction during the campaign i...F01542
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[Details of a parachute pack]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts the details of the padding, strapping and bag of a parachute pack, used by airmen during the Second World War. On the verso is a study of a parachute clip. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), k...ART96444
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Dhubalia, Bengal, India. 13 January 1945. 429087 Flying Officer Charles (Potts) Buffett, RAAF, ...
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Dhubalia, Bengal, India. 13 January 1945. 429087 Flying Officer Charles (Potts) Buffett, RAAF, wireless operator of Double Bay, NSW, and a member of No. 99 (Liberator) Squadron RAF, rests on parachute...SEA0098
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Down through the night
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
The pilot of a stricken aircraft who has just bailed out. Having exited head-first out of the escape hatch, he is free falling in the glare of searchlights. His right hand grips the rip cord handle r...ART22192
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D-Ring for parachute ripcord : Royal Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel 'D' Ring parachute pull as used on Second World War chest- and seat-type parachutes. The ring has a hole drilled through the centre of its longest side, through which the ripcord would have been...REL30459
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Drogue parachute : Warrant Officer J E Payne RAAF, 615 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Irvin Air Chute Company
White silk drogue or pilot parachute, which when deployed first, generates the necessary drag to release a larger main parachute. It has an umbrella-like design with four metalic arms on the inside of...REL32642
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England. C. 1945-02. Air Vice Marshal Wrigley, Air Officer Commanding RAAF Overseas Headquarters ...
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England. C. 1945-02. Air Vice Marshal Wrigley, Air Officer Commanding RAAF Overseas Headquarters at a luncheon at the Irvin Chute Factory.SUK13846
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England. C. 1945-02. Air Vice Marshal Wrigley at a luncheon at the Irvin Chute Factory pinning a ...
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England. C. 1945-02. Air Vice Marshal Wrigley at a luncheon at the Irvin Chute Factory pinning a caterpillar pin on Group Captain P. G. Heffernan AFC, RAAF, as member 16000 of the European Division of...SUK13845
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England. C. 1943-05. Pannier being loaded onto a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft. These ...
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England. C. 1943-05. Pannier being loaded onto a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft. These panniers containing supplies are dropped by parachute from transport planes whenever the need arises. Thes...SUK12117
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England. C. 1945-02. Plaque at the Irvin Chute Factory indicating the number of airmen of the ...
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England. C. 1945-02. Plaque at the Irvin Chute Factory indicating the number of airmen of the Allied Forces who have saved their lives by the Irvin air chutes.SUK13844
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England. C. 1944-06. Portrait of Leading Aircraftwoman Edna Bubeck a WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air ...
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England. C. 1944-06. Portrait of Leading Aircraftwoman Edna Bubeck a WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) nursing orderly who was flown to France by RAF Transport Command soon after D-Day has her parach...SUK12354
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England. C. 1944-09. RAF men attaching a parachute bag to a balloon cable as part of the RAF ...
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England. C. 1944-09. RAF men attaching a parachute bag to a balloon cable as part of the RAF balloon defence against the flying bomb.SUK12938
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England. C. 1943-05. Supply panniers being dropped from a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft. ...
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England. C. 1943-05. Supply panniers being dropped from a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft. These large wicker baskets are packed with food, arms, ammunition, wireless sets and spares of all kind...SUK12120
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England. C. 1944-05. View through a parachute air vent after the parachutist has just landed ...
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England. C. 1944-05. View through a parachute air vent after the parachutist has just landed during instruction in parachute jumping at an RAF Station in Britain.SUK12296
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ENOGGERA, QLD. 1944-01-05. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (AWAS) MEMBERS OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN ...
Photograph
Maker: Keam, Ronald Noel
ENOGGERA, QLD. 1944-01-05. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (AWAS) MEMBERS OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN RETURNED STORES DEPOT, TEXTILE WORKSHOPS EXAMINING A SUPPLY DROPPING PARACHUTE. SHOWN ARE: PRIVATE (PTE)...062551
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Fashions for men
Film
Maker: Nichols, Melmer Frank Colman, Eric Lade, Winifred Murphy, Mervyn R Coffey, Frank Maynard, John
A propaganda short produced for the Department of Information by Skylogue Productions Pty Ltd. Dedicated to the men and women of Australia who are toiling for victory in the factories and workshops ma...F01365
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Fighter pilot
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray Gregory, E J
Figure of an airman wearing shorts and carrying a parachute. This sculpture of a fighter pilot was commissioned in late 1948 and cast in 1952. It is a larger version of a statuette, 'Airman' (ART909...ART40997
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FILLING CONTAINERS WITH FOOD FOR A SUPPLY EXERCISE OF RATIONING THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ...
Photograph
FILLING CONTAINERS WITH FOOD FOR A SUPPLY EXERCISE OF RATIONING THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, AT THE ATHERTON TABLELAND TRAINING AREA AT GONDOWOOLA. ONE PARACHUTE LOAD CONTAINS SUFFICIENT RATI...052991
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FILLING CONTAINERS WITH FOOD FOR A SUPPLY EXERCISE OF RATIONING THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ...
Photograph
FILLING CONTAINERS WITH FOOD FOR A SUPPLY EXERCISE OF RATIONING THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, AT THE ATHERTON TABLELAND TRAINING AREA AT GONDOWOOLA. ONE PARACHUTE LOAD CONTAINS SUFFICIENT RATI...052990
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FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. C.1946-09-10. A GERMAN MINE SHOWING PARACHUTE AND HOUSING.
Photograph
Maker: Gulliver, Montroy Vivian
FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. C.1946-09-10. A GERMAN MINE SHOWING PARACHUTE AND HOUSING.131315
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FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. C.1946-09-10. A GERMAN PARACHUTE.
Photograph
Maker: Gulliver, Montroy Vivian
FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. C.1946-09-10. A GERMAN PARACHUTE.131310
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FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. 1942-08. "D" TYPE GERMAN PARACHUTE MINE, USED FIRST AT COVENTRY, ...
Photograph
FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. 1942-08. "D" TYPE GERMAN PARACHUTE MINE, USED FIRST AT COVENTRY, ENGLAND, AND LATER USED EXTENSIVELY AS A MAGNETIC MINE IN VARIOUS WATERS AROUND ENGLAND. THE MINE IS DROPPED...026193
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FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. 1942-08. "D" TYPE GERMAN PARACHUTE MINE, USED FIRST AT COVENTRY, ...
Photograph
FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. 1942-08. "D" TYPE GERMAN PARACHUTE MINE, USED FIRST AT COVENTRY, ENGLAND, AND LATER USED EXTENSIVELY AS A MAGNETIC MINE IN VARIOUS WATERS AROUND ENGLAND. THE MINE IS DROPPED...026194
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Fuze case used as water measurer : Seargent John Kevin Wood, RAAF and Warrant Officer Robert Leslie Spence, RCAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel No. 210 fuze case, painted black on the exterior. A seam runs up one side. The cartridge is slightly misshappen and some of the paint is scratched off, especially around the top. The base is sta...RELAWM34564.001
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GATHERING UP FOOD RATIONS SUPPLIES AND PARACHUTES FROM DROPPING AREA, DURING AN EXERCISE THAT WAS ...
Photograph
GATHERING UP FOOD RATIONS SUPPLIES AND PARACHUTES FROM DROPPING AREA, DURING AN EXERCISE THAT WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, AT THE ATHERTON TA...053019
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German paratroopers flight to Crete
Art
Maker: Winters, Michael
Within a plane flying over Crete German paratroopers sit and await their fate, around them swirls a dark spectre of death.ART92804
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German paratroopers parachuting down to land on Crete. This photograph is part of a collection ...
Photograph
German paratroopers parachuting down to land on Crete. This photograph is part of a collection relating to the service of WX11402 Lieutenant Cecil Edward Hazelton, Western Royal Command Royal Australi...P11578.005
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German propaganda photograph captured by the RAF. German Caption: “Von Himmel gestürzt. Ein ...
Photograph
Maker: Stempka
German propaganda photograph captured by the RAF. German Caption: “Von Himmel gestürzt. Ein amerikanischer Gefangener, der sich au seiner abgeschossenen Liberator mit dem Fallschirm retten konnte, und...P00668.051
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Greek Caique in Iraklion harbour
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Iraklion is also known as Heraklion in the Official War History, the airfield there was strongly defended by the 14th (British) Infantry Brigade, to which 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion was attac...ART24046
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Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. A group of RAAF airmen sitting around in an improvised operations room ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. A group of RAAF airmen sitting around in an improvised operations room of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF now operating in Italy. In the foreground, Squadron Leader J. Bartl...MEA0682