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Egypt. C. 1943-06. Seven men, the crew of an RAF Halifax bomber, on leave in Cairo, recovering. ...
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Egypt. C. 1943-06. Seven men, the crew of an RAF Halifax bomber, on leave in Cairo, recovering. Their bomber was one of a formation attacking a target in Italy one night in 1943-05. During the flight ...SUK10986
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England. C. 1942-08. The crew of a Wellington Bomber aircraft after their discharge from ...
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England. C. 1942-08. The crew of a Wellington Bomber aircraft after their discharge from hospital. They had drifted in dinghys in the Bay of Biscay for six days before being rescued. The captain of th...SUK10442
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Floating survivors, some in dinghies, and litter of wreckage from the 500-ton German U-boat U243 ...
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Maker: RAAF Photographer
Floating survivors, some in dinghies, and litter of wreckage from the 500-ton German U-boat U243 which sank after being attacked by two Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron, some 170 nautical miles ...135147
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404733 Flying Officer (FO) John Robert Newman and 43192 FO William George Robert Binnie, a No. ...
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Maker: Unknown
404733 Flying Officer (FO) John Robert Newman and 43192 FO William George Robert Binnie, a No. 30 Squadron RAAF Beaufighter crew, beside their aircraft at Vivigani airstrip, Papua. On 9 September 194...P01272.002
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Following an attack by enemy aircraft, the captain of a Sunderland flying boat was compelled to ...
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Following an attack by enemy aircraft, the captain of a Sunderland flying boat was compelled to make a forced landing in the sea four miles from the coast. The crew's first thought was for the wounded...MED0248
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Group portrait of the crew of an Italian aircraft which came to grief over the Mediterranean. In ...
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Group portrait of the crew of an Italian aircraft which came to grief over the Mediterranean. In two dinghies they were washed ashore near Alexandria where they were promptly taken prisoners of war (P...MED0391
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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...SUK11997
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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...SUK11996
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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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HOBART, TAS. 1943-05-03. MEMBERS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN WATER TRANSPORT GROUP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ...
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HOBART, TAS. 1943-05-03. MEMBERS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN WATER TRANSPORT GROUP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ARE ASSISTING THE SHIPBUILDERS WHO ARE BUILDING THE SHIP "ABEL TASMAN" FOR THE GROUP. THIS PHO...051561
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Maker: Wills, Colin Cummins, Sylvia National Film Council
The routine carried out by the crew of a Halifax Bomber when they are forced to crash land their aircraft into the sea. Also the operation of the aircraft's emergency dinghy and its life-saving equipm...F01548
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JARVIS, CANADA. 1943-06. DINGHY DRILL ON THE NANTICOKE RIVER, FIVE MILES FROM THE AIRFIELD AT ...
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JARVIS, CANADA. 1943-06. DINGHY DRILL ON THE NANTICOKE RIVER, FIVE MILES FROM THE AIRFIELD AT JARVIS WHERE MEMBERS OF THE RAAF ATTENDED TRAINING SCHOOL AS PART OF THE EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME. (DONO...P01573.008
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KAIRIRU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-17. REAR-ADMIRAL S. SATO, FORMER JAPANESE NAVAL COMMANDER OF ...
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KAIRIRU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-17. REAR-ADMIRAL S. SATO, FORMER JAPANESE NAVAL COMMANDER OF KAIRIRU AND MUSCHU ISLANDS IN THE DINGHY WHICH TOOK HIM TO RAN MOTOR LAUNCH 809 FOR TRANSFER TO MUSCHU ...096688
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Kerawari River, Wewak area, New Guinea, 1945-06. Aerial view of a Supermarine Walrus amphibian ...
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Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Kerawari River, Wewak area, New Guinea, 1945-06. Aerial view of a Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft of No. 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight RAAF at rest on the Kerawari River, during the rescue of the pi...P02257.024
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Kerawari River, Wewak area, New Guinea, 1945-06. Aerial view of a Supermarine Walrus amphibian ...
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Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Kerawari River, Wewak area, New Guinea, 1945-06. Aerial view of a Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft of No. 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight RAAF at rest on the Kerawari River, during the rescue of the pi...P02257.023
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KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-27. PORTRAIT OF WARRANT OFFICER J. E. C. "SHORTY" ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLAND, PAPUA. 1944-01-27. PORTRAIT OF WARRANT OFFICER J. E. C. "SHORTY" ARTHUR OF BURNIE, TAS, A PILOT WITH NO. 76 SQUADRON RAAF WHO WAS PICKED UP BY AIR SEA RESCUE AFTER TWENTY E...OG0500
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-05. MAJOR-GENERAL YAMAMURA, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE JAPANESE ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-05. MAJOR-GENERAL YAMAMURA, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE JAPANESE GARRISON AT KUCHING, TRAVELLED IN A DILAPIDATED BARGE FLYING TWO UNION JACKS, TRANSFERRED TO A DINGHY, AND...OG3453
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KURE, JAPAN. 1946-08-10. SHIP'S DINGHY GOES ASHORE AT TENNO. ROPE IS TAKEN ASHORE WITH ...
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Maker: Queale, Alan
KURE, JAPAN. 1946-08-10. SHIP'S DINGHY GOES ASHORE AT TENNO. ROPE IS TAKEN ASHORE WITH COMMUNICATION CABLE ATTACHED AND THEN HAULED UP TO A TERMINATING STRIP OR "POT HEAD" - IN THIS CASE AT 6TH AUSTRA...131178
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Leuchars, Scotland. C. 1942-04. A group portrait of aircrew of No. 455 Squadron RAAF at an RAF ...
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Leuchars, Scotland. C. 1942-04. A group portrait of aircrew of No. 455 Squadron RAAF at an RAF station, receiving instruction in the use of an inflatable dinghy. Bending down, 402575 Acting Flight Lie...SUK10122
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LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1943-09-16. THE ONLY FEMALE SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) FLYING IN THE RAAF ...
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LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1943-09-16. THE ONLY FEMALE SQUADRON LEADER (SQN LDR) FLYING IN THE RAAF IN THE UK IS "SQN LDR SNOW WHITE", WHO WAS AWARDED THE DFC BY FELLOW MEMBERS OF HER CREW AFTER A TRIP TO...UK0536