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  1. Air Crew Europe Star : Flying Officer R J Harding, 466 Squadron, RAAF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany clasp. Medal unnamed as issued.

    REL32923.002

  2. A 458 Squadron (RAAF) Vickers Wellington Mk XIV, F for Freddy, serial NB891, in flight over ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    A 458 Squadron (RAAF) Vickers Wellington Mk XIV, F for Freddy, serial NB891, in flight over Italy. The Mk XIV Wellingtons were converted for maritime use and carried a radome conversion in the nose, w...

    P09483.003

  3. British bombers have carried out over 1,600 raids on Germany up to May 1941

    Art

    Maker: Unknown

    This British war poster depicts Vickers Wellington bombers in action.

    ARTV08564

  4. Cawley, Cecil Colin (Warrant Officer, b.1918 - d.1961)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cawley, Cecil Colin Unknown

    Papers of 33868 Air Gunner Cecil Colin Cawley, 460 Squadron. Included is Cawley's RAAF logbook covering 1944-1945. It notes the dates of the flights, the aircraft type, the pilot, the length of the fl...

    PR03165

  5. Crew of Wellington Mk XIV bomber NB891 of 458 Squadron, RAAF. The message on the verso of the ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Crew of Wellington Mk XIV bomber NB891 of 458 Squadron, RAAF. The message on the verso of the photographs reads "Henry, Johnny, self, Bert, Lew, Tony with our plane F". The 'self' is pilot Flying Offi...

    P09483.002

  6. Decorated aircraft 'nose art' fabric : Flying Officer R Leftwich DFC, RAAF, 142 Squadron, RAF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Recetangular shaped painted aircraft fabric 'nose art' from the forward left fuselage of Vickers Wellington Mark X bomber serial number LP 209 'J for Johnny' of 142 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF). Th...

    REL30874

  7. 414052 Flight Sergeant Harold Charles Leeton Mackintosh piloting a Wellington Aircraft. These ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    414052 Flight Sergeant Harold Charles Leeton Mackintosh piloting a Wellington Aircraft. These images were taken from the bomb aimer's position. A carrier of Biloela, Harold enlisted on 20 July 1941 a...

    P05887.026

  8. Group portrait of crew of 466 Squadron RAAF under the nose of their Wellington aircraft 'Y' ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Group portrait of crew of 466 Squadron RAAF under the nose of their Wellington aircraft 'Y' Yorker, around the time of the Hamburg raids. Identified, left to right: Geoff Coombes, Pilot; 414121 Pilot ...

    P03860.001

  9. Group portrait of 'Our Gang' - Robert Johnston, Norman Kobelke, James Courtney, William Graham ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Group portrait of 'Our Gang' - Robert Johnston, Norman Kobelke, James Courtney, William Graham and Jack Dyson. 402360 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Johnston of Turramurra, NSW, was killed on 8 December 1941, ...

    P10862.003

  10. Group portrait of the crew of "K" for Kitty, a Vickers Wellington bomber of 458 Squadron RAAF ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Group portrait of the crew of "K" for Kitty, a Vickers Wellington bomber of 458 Squadron RAAF after a raid. Identified, left to right: 404455 Sergeant (Sgt) James Howard "Rupe" Holmes, captain of Bris...

    P05660.001

  11. Group portrait of the flight crew of Vickers Wellington Aircraft, "L for Leather", 458 Squadron. ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Group portrait of the flight crew of Vickers Wellington Aircraft, "L for Leather", 458 Squadron. Identified, third from left to ninth from left, are: 404432 Sergeant (Sgt) James Holliday; 404216 Sgt J...

    P11259.002

  12. Informal group portrait of members of the ground crew of No 460 Squadron standing under the nose ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Informal group portrait of members of the ground crew of No 460 Squadron standing under the nose of the Vickers Wellington bomber aircraft UV-G (G for George). Left to right: unknown, unknown, unknown...

    P03394.001

  13. Loading up at dusk

    Art

    Maker: Unknown

    This British war poster shows a photograph of airmen loading bombs into a Vickers Wellington bomber. The caption reads: 'One of the new 2,000-LB. super high-explosive bombs ready for yet another raid ...

    ARTV08661

  14. Low level bombsight computer Mark III : Royal Air Force

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Mechanical computer comprising a box shape with a cut out window with a perspex cover. Interior of box is fitted with a roller with a printed paper guide allowing user to dial in height and speed. The...

    REL/07221.001

  15. 'Mae West' 1941 flap life jacket : Flight Lieutenant T E W Howes, RAAF, 70 Squadron RAF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Yellow Air Ministry 1941 pattern Mae West flap life waistcoat of yellow cotton twill, fitted with inflatable internal bladders in a stole pattern at the chest and neck. The lower right front of the wa...

    REL34346

  16. Neal, Victor Henry (Flying Officer, b.1922 - d.2008)

    Private Record

    Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Unknown Various

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 410008 Flying Officer Victor Henry Neal, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), United Kingdom and Australia, 1941-1949. Collection consists of: Folder 1: - ...

    AWM2017.765.3

  17. Photographs, Geoffrey Vernon Leicester

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    11 British Air Ministry duplicate prints annotated on the reverse by 430661 Warrant Officer (WO) Geoffrey Vernon Leicester in the Royal Australian Air Force. The originals of these images are held in ...

    P12719

  18. RAF Station Leconfield, England. c. 1943. The crew of Wellington LN289 standing under the nose of ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    RAF Station Leconfield, England. c. 1943. The crew of Wellington LN289 standing under the nose of their aircraft which has the nose art painting of a kangaroo smacking Adolf Hitler up a flight of stai...

    P03179.001

  19. 'R for Robert on Slipway'

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    'R for Robert on Slipway'. R for Robert was a Wellington Bomber which flew during the early years of the Second World War, successfully completing 14 missions. The aircraft was then reassigned for tra...

    P06578.004

  20. See How Your Salvage Helps a Bomber

    Art

    Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.

    During the Second World War, to lighten the pressures of production for civil resources and thus allow greater resources to be pulled into war-related production, most governments around the world put...

    ARTV03407

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