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Angle airfield near Pembroke Dock, Wales. 1943-05-29. A Sunderland aircraft belonging to No. 461 ...
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Angle airfield near Pembroke Dock, Wales. 1943-05-29. A Sunderland aircraft belonging to No. 461 Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command was extensively damaged in taking off after alighting to rescue a crew...SUK11476
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Angle Airfield near Pembroke Dock, Wales. 1943-05-29. A Sunderland aircraft belonging to No. 461 ...
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Angle Airfield near Pembroke Dock, Wales. 1943-05-29. A Sunderland aircraft belonging to No. 461 Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command was extensively damaged in taking off after alighting to rescue a crew...SUK11475
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ANGLE AIRFIELD, NEAR PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-29. THE SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT E (T9114) OF ...
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ANGLE AIRFIELD, NEAR PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-29. THE SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT E (T9114) OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF CAPTAINED BY 400841 PILOT OFFICER G. O. SINGLETON, ST KILDA, VIC, RESTS ON THE AERO...UK1127
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Arctic Circle. C. 1944-08. A RAF Coastal Command Catalina effects the rescue of six men from an ...
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Arctic Circle. C. 1944-08. A RAF Coastal Command Catalina effects the rescue of six men from an RAF Liberator which had to ditch two hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle. Here are the three one-ma...SUK12708
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Army trains in rubber boats. (Cinesound News No. 522)
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Rubber boats made in Australia are used in river crossing exercise.F00551
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Astrolabe Bay, New Guinea, 1944-12. RAAF General Purpose Launch no. 015-70 of No. 111 Air Sea ...
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Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Astrolabe Bay, New Guinea, 1944-12. RAAF General Purpose Launch no. 015-70 of No. 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight RAAF returning to Madang from a trip to Karkar Island. Aboard the boat is a group of officer...P02257.080
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AT SEA, ATLANTIC SEA. 1943-12. A GERMAN U-BOAT AFTER IT HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY A LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT ...
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AT SEA, ATLANTIC SEA. 1943-12. A GERMAN U-BOAT AFTER IT HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY A LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT FROM RAF COASTAL COMMAND. WITH THE VESSEL HALF SUBMERGED THE CREW SEEN ON THE CONNING TOWER HAS ENOUGH...128614
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At Sea, Bay of Biscay. 1943-05-29. A second Sunderland aircraft belonging to No. 461 Squadron ...
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At Sea, Bay of Biscay. 1943-05-29. A second Sunderland aircraft belonging to No. 461 Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command was extensively damaged in taking off after alighting to rescue a crew in a dinghy...SUK11473
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AT SEA, CELEBES SEA. 1945-10-29. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT FORCED ...
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AT SEA, CELEBES SEA. 1945-10-29. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT FORCED DOWN BETWEEN MOROTAI AND TARAKAN WHEN 200 MILES FROM TARAKAN. ALL CREW AND PASSENGERS HAD TIME TO GET I...040905
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AT SEA, C. 1944-07. SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF WITH COASTAL COMMAND AT RAF ...
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AT SEA, C. 1944-07. SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF WITH COASTAL COMMAND AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, FINDS AND ATTACKS AN ENEMY SUBMARINE WHILE ON PATROL. MORTALLY DAMAGED BY DEPTH CHA...UK1578
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At Sea. C. 1945-04. The crew of an American Catalina flying boat after they had been transferred ...
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At Sea. C. 1945-04. The crew of an American Catalina flying boat after they had been transferred from their dinghy to the airborne lifeboat dropped from a RAF Warwick air-sea rescue aircraft.SUK14140
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At sea off Northern Greece. C. 1945-01. Squadron Leader P. A. S. Payne and Flight Sergeant E. M. ...
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At sea off Northern Greece. C. 1945-01. Squadron Leader P. A. S. Payne and Flight Sergeant E. M. Potts in a rubber dinghy after they had been forced to ditch their Beaufighter aircraft following engin...SUK13577
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At sea off Northern Greece. C. 1945-01. Squadron Leader P. A. S. Payne and Flight Sergeant E. M. ...
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At sea off Northern Greece. C. 1945-01. Squadron Leader P. A. S. Payne and Flight Sergeant E. M. Potts in a rubber dinghy after they had been forced to ditch their Beaufighter aircraft following engin...SUK13578
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At Sea. 1940-10-22. The crew of a Whitley, British bomber aircraft which came down in the ...
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At Sea. 1940-10-22. The crew of a Whitley, British bomber aircraft which came down in the Atlantic, clambering from their two-man dinghy into a Sunderland aircraft manned by Australians of No. 10 Squa...SUK10482
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BANDA SEA, (06 40'S 123 10'E), NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. AERIAL PHOTO OF A RENDEZVOUS BETWEEN THE ...
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BANDA SEA, (06 40'S 123 10'E), NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. AERIAL PHOTO OF A RENDEZVOUS BETWEEN THE BRITISH SUBMARINE HMS TELEMACHUS AND NO. 112 AIR SEA RESCUE FLIGHT RAAF CONSOLIDATED CATALINA A24-54. A...P01619.008
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BANDA SEA, (06 40'S 123 10'E), NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. AERIAL PHOTO OF A RENDEZVOUS BETWEEN THE ...
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BANDA SEA, (06 40'S 123 10'E), NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. AERIAL PHOTO OF A RENDEZVOUS BETWEEN THE BRITISH SUBMARINE HMS TELEMACHUS AND NO. 112 AIR SEA RESCUE FLIGHT RAAF CONSOLIDATED CATALINA A24-54. ...P01619.007
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Battle front action from Guadalcanal
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United States ships, Henderson Airfield and United States Marines at Guadalcanal. Identified personnel: Lieutenant-General Alexander Vandegrift and Majora-General Vogel.F00819
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Bay of Biscay. C. 1944-09. Fifteen hours after their crippled Wellington flew into the sea at ...
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Bay of Biscay. C. 1944-09. Fifteen hours after their crippled Wellington flew into the sea at midnight, three of the crew were picked up in the Bay of Biscay by No 10 Squadron RAAF, Sunderland Aircraf...SUK13007
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Bay of Biscay. C. 1943-05. The dinghies containing the Whitley crew and the crew of a crashed ...
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Bay of Biscay. C. 1943-05. The dinghies containing the Whitley crew and the crew of a crashed Sunderland aircraft which had crashed when alighting in an attempt to rescue the Whitley crew were lashed ...SUK10981
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Bay of Biscay. 1943-05-19. The occupants of the dinghy were two officers who survived after a ...
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Bay of Biscay. 1943-05-19. The occupants of the dinghy were two officers who survived after a British aircraft had been shot down. One was badly injured and died soon after the Sunderland which had al...SUK10840A
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Bay of Biscay. 1943-05-19. The occupants of the dinghy were two officers who survived after a ...
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Bay of Biscay. 1943-05-19. The occupants of the dinghy were two officers who survived after a British aircraft had been shot down. One was badly injured and died soon after the Sunderland which had al...SUK10944
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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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BESAMI BEACH, SALAMAUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-25. MEMBERS OF 2 MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON ...
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BESAMI BEACH, SALAMAUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-25. MEMBERS OF 2 MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON LOWERING THE FISH NET FROM THEIR 40-FOOT BOAT TO THE NETTING DINGHY. THE UNIT PROVIDES FISH FOR THE AUSTRAL...098577
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BESAMI BEACH, SALAMAUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-25. WARRANT OFFICER 2 S. WOODWORTH (1), PRIVATE ...
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BESAMI BEACH, SALAMAUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-25. WARRANT OFFICER 2 S. WOODWORTH (1), PRIVATE R.E. PIETZNER (2) AND CORPORAL G. MASON (3), MEMBERS OF 2 MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON, PREPARING TO SET ...098576
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BLUP BLUP ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-19. MEMBERS OF A PATROL FROM THE 24TH INFANTRY BATTALION ...
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BLUP BLUP ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-19. MEMBERS OF A PATROL FROM THE 24TH INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING ASHORE FROM RUBBER DINGHYS AND A NATIVE CANOE TO INVESTIGATE RUMOURS OF A JAPANESE RADIO STATION O...074133
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Cairns, Qld. c.1944. A RAN motorised yacht with a tow rope attached to a dinghy proceeds towards ...
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Maker: Fagan, Edwin
Cairns, Qld. c.1944. A RAN motorised yacht with a tow rope attached to a dinghy proceeds towards a laying plant in the background. The plant is operated by wiremen laying mines in the water. (Original...P02001.002
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Cairns, Qld. c.1944. Two members of the RAN in a dinghy being towed by a yacht. They are ...
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Maker: Fagan, Edwin
Cairns, Qld. c.1944. Two members of the RAN in a dinghy being towed by a yacht. They are proceeding towards a mine laying plant operating on a barge out from the harbour. (Original housed in AWM Archi...P02001.004
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Cairo, Egypt. C. 1943-06. A native gali-gali man (conjuror) entertaining a group at the Delta ...
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Cairo, Egypt. C. 1943-06. A native gali-gali man (conjuror) entertaining a group at the Delta Barrage gardens. In the group are members of the crew of an RAF Halifax bomber which was one of a formatio...SUK10989
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Cairo, Egypt. C. 1943-06. 16655 Sergeant C. D. Curnow of SA (left), with Pilot Officer Vertican ...
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Cairo, Egypt. C. 1943-06. 16655 Sergeant C. D. Curnow of SA (left), with Pilot Officer Vertican and Flying Officer Tempest of the RAF collecting cushions at the start of their steamer trip up the Nile...SUK10987
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Cast away
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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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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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Crew members of a Vickers Wellington bomber from No. 458 Squadron RAAF being rescued at sea by ...
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Crew members of a Vickers Wellington bomber from No. 458 Squadron RAAF being rescued at sea by the ship "SS Destro", after they were forced to ditch their aircraft. The airman climbing the ladder to b...P01822.001
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Crossing Busu River
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
An Australian soldier stands in a boat, being helped to cross the Bosu River in New Guinea by a Papuan man.ART23187
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DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-02. PERSONNEL OF THE 15TH SMALL SHIPS COMPANY. THE ...
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DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-02. PERSONNEL OF THE 15TH SMALL SHIPS COMPANY. THE SMALL VESSEL AT THE WHARF IS A TENDER WHICH IS USED TO FERRY PERSONNEL AND SUPPLIES BETWEEN SHIP AND S...068006
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Darwin, NT. 7 April 1945. A RAAF Medical Officer, Squadron Leader W. B. Marsh of Sydney, NSW, ...
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Maker: Department of Air
Darwin, NT. 7 April 1945. A RAAF Medical Officer, Squadron Leader W. B. Marsh of Sydney, NSW, eases an injured man into a dinghy at sea.NWA0825
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Darwin, NT. 7 April 1945. Sergeant L. A. Hughes of Cessnock, NSW, in the dinghy, assists an ...
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Maker: Department of Air
Darwin, NT. 7 April 1945. Sergeant L. A. Hughes of Cessnock, NSW, in the dinghy, assists an injured patient aboard the Catalina aircraft of No. 112 (Air Sea Rescue) Squadron RAAF at sea.NWA0826
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Dinghy drill
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Maker: Nettlefold Studios
RAF training film produced by Nettlefold Productions at Nettlefold Studios, Burgh Island Bigbury-on-Sea South Devon. Shows the main features and operation of the Seat Type Single Seater Dingy Type K. ...F02371
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Do you know your dinghy drill?
Art
Maker: R T P Ministry of Aircraft Production M.M.P.Ltd
This Second World War poster (Air diagram 2802) was issued by the Ministry of Aircraft Production in May 1943. It features a cartoon of an airman practicing his dinghy drill by jumping into a small wo...ARTV10270
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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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Into the drink
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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
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Lindholme dinghy rescue apparatus
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Maker: Nettlefold Studios
A RAF training film produced by Nettlefold at Burgh Island Studios. Shows air-sea rescue by dropping five containers with the Lindholme dinghy gear and food and drink.F02404
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London, England. C. 1943-09. War souvenirs collected by the RAAF are displayed at RAAF Overseas ...
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London, England. C. 1943-09. War souvenirs collected by the RAAF are displayed at RAAF Overseas Headquarters. Shown, 415350 Sergeant Pilot A. F. Nairn of Perth, WA, with captured Italian life-saving j...SUK11552
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LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-03-16. PORTRAIT OF 407023 PILOT OFFICER F. A. WOOD AT RAAF OVERSEAS HQ, WHO ...
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LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-03-16. PORTRAIT OF 407023 PILOT OFFICER F. A. WOOD AT RAAF OVERSEAS HQ, WHO RETURNED TO THE UK AFTER OPERATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HIS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE SPENDING FORTY THREE HO...UK0052
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Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-15. During their celebrations for Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day, ...
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Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-15. During their celebrations for Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day, RAAF servicemen from Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), sit on an upturned boat or dinghy afte...P02257.057
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-08-14. JAPANESE 2MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND ANTI-TANK GUN ON SHOW AT WESLEY ...
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Maker: Rogers, M B
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-08-14. JAPANESE 2MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND ANTI-TANK GUN ON SHOW AT WESLEY COLLEGE MUSEUM. EXHIBITION STAGED BY MASTER-GENERAL OF ORDNANCE BRANCH, LAND HEADQUARTERS. NOTE GERMAN RUBBER...055304
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Men of 2/24 Field Park Company (formerly 2/4 Field Park Company), Royal Australian Engineers, ...
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Men of 2/24 Field Park Company (formerly 2/4 Field Park Company), Royal Australian Engineers, dragging a rubber dinghy ashore at El Alamein. When first seen, these men were thought to be the crew of a...024944
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Moresby medley
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Since the successful completion of the Papuan campaign and the consequent diminishing of the Jap[anese] threat to New Guinea, Moresby has developed very rapidly in equipment and personnel. Moresby ha...F01818
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MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-29. LAURIE WHELAN, MALCOLM ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-29. LAURIE WHELAN, MALCOLM CROOK AND FRED GATES FLOAT A CANOE IMPROVISED FROM A BELLYTANK OUT TO DEEPER WATER. IN MOTOR-POWERED DING...OG2516
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NEW GUINEA, 1942-1943. POSSIBLY WAIROPE RIVER - PROBABLY A NAVY COASTWATCHER GOING ASHORE WITH ...
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NEW GUINEA, 1942-1943. POSSIBLY WAIROPE RIVER - PROBABLY A NAVY COASTWATCHER GOING ASHORE WITH HIS EQUIPMENT FROM A CATALINA - NOTE THE ROPES USED TO STEADY THE DINGHY AGAINST THE CURRENT. (1 OF 5)P00174.001
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Nidania, Arakan, Burma. 30 March 1945. RAAF pilots in No. 615 'Churchill's Own' (Spitfire) ...
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Nidania, Arakan, Burma. 30 March 1945. RAAF pilots in No. 615 'Churchill's Own' (Spitfire) Squadron RAF take a rubber dinghy with them for a swim on a surf beach in the Arakan. Left to right: 409953 W...SEA0205
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NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-08. RAAF AIRMEN IN THE WATER ENJOY A LITTLE TIME OFF ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-08. RAAF AIRMEN IN THE WATER ENJOY A LITTLE TIME OFF FROM STRENUOUS WORK. 130664 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN R. RECKENBERG, BELMONT OF NSW (NEAR CAMERA) AND 68905 CO...OG1520
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Northwest Africa. C. 1943-06. After floating for seven hours in a dinghy off the Tunisian coast, ...
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Northwest Africa. C. 1943-06. After floating for seven hours in a dinghy off the Tunisian coast, the crew of a Wellington bomber were rescued by a Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft of the Air/Sea ...SUK11051
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ON 22ND OCTOBER 1941 SUNDERLAND W3986/U OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF, FLOWN BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R.B. ...
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ON 22ND OCTOBER 1941 SUNDERLAND W3986/U OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF, FLOWN BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R.B. BURRAGE, LOCATED THE CREW OF A DITCHED WHITLEY AIRCRAFT. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE SIX WHITLEY CREW BOAR...044841
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ON 22ND OCTOBER 1941 SUNDERLAND W3986/U OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF, FLOWN BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R.B. ...
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ON 22ND OCTOBER 1941 SUNDERLAND W3986/U OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF, FLOWN BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R.B. BURRAGE, LOCATED THE CREW OF A DITCHED WHITLEY AIRCRAFT. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE SIX WHITLEY CREW IN T...044840
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PERSONNEL OF NO. 6 PLATOON, 27TH INFANTRY BATTALION PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO A FISHING ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
PERSONNEL OF NO. 6 PLATOON, 27TH INFANTRY BATTALION PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO A FISHING DINGHY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX132330 PRIVATE H.H. HUTCHINS (1); V509003 PRIVATE W.G. FRENCH (2); S...077585
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Pioniere schlagen eine brücke F209 = Pioneers [Engineers] throw a bridge F209
Film
Maker: Universum Film AG
A German Army training film produced by Universum Film AG (UFA). Shows how pioneers [Engineers] assemble a pontoon bridge across a river. Shows equipment and procedures.F06926
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PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1943-07-05. CREW OF SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT "G" FOR GEORGE, OF NO. 10 SQUADRON ...
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PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1943-07-05. CREW OF SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT "G" FOR GEORGE, OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, COMING ASHORE AFTER PATROL OVER THE BAY OF BISCAY. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT FARMER, CAPTAIN, IS NOT IN THE ...UK0259
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PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1944-01-25. MEMBERS OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, ...
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PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1944-01-25. MEMBERS OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, SEE OFF THE FIRST CREWS TO RETURN TO AUSTRALIA IN THEIR SUNDERLAND FLYING BOATS, AS THEY BOARD THE DIN...UK0921
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Plymouth, England. 1940-10-22. The six members of the crew of a Whitley bomber aircraft which ...
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Plymouth, England. 1940-10-22. The six members of the crew of a Whitley bomber aircraft which came down in the Atlantic had piled into a dinghy designed for two persons. They drifted for hours until t...SUK10486
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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-10-21.ALC (AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT) 5-AB 1004 OF THE 55TH PORT CRAFT ...
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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-10-21.ALC (AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT) 5-AB 1004 OF THE 55TH PORT CRAFT COMPANY, SHOWING LOCAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE VESSEL, INCLUDING CANOPIES FORE AND AFT, NAVIGATION SIGNAL L...076607
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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-10-21. ALC (AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT) 5-AB 1004 OF THE 55TH PORT CRAFT ...
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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1944-10-21. ALC (AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT) 5-AB 1004 OF THE 55TH PORT CRAFT COMPANY, SHOWING LOCAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE VESSEL, INCLUDING CANOPIES FORE AND AFT, NAVIGATION SIGNAL ...076606
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RAAF bomber crew operational training
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Training bomber crews at an RAAF Operational Training Unit (OTU). Commentary by Jack Davey, Movietone News. Beaufort bombers, parachute packing, practice jumps from Oxford aircraft and parachute contr...F00839
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RAAF 026-3, 16 FEET POWERED DINGHY BUILT BY RAAF PERSONNEL AT RATHMINES. THE ENGINE IS A 12HP ...
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RAAF 026-3, 16 FEET POWERED DINGHY BUILT BY RAAF PERSONNEL AT RATHMINES. THE ENGINE IS A 12HP MORRIS VIDETTE. (DONOR: P. E. ANDREAS).134581
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RAAF TYPE 014- SAILING DINGHY OFF POINT COOK PIER. THIS CRAFT HAS PROVED OF VALUE FOR TRAINING ...
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RAAF TYPE 014- SAILING DINGHY OFF POINT COOK PIER. THIS CRAFT HAS PROVED OF VALUE FOR TRAINING MOTOR BOAT CREWS, AND PROVIDING A POPULAR MEANS OF RECREATION. (DONOR: P. E. ANDREAS).134590
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RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. C. 1942-09. A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT (LEFT) OF NO. 10 ...
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RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. C. 1942-09. A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT (LEFT) OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF AND A CATALINA AIRCRAFT AT THEIR MOORINGS IN PLYMOUTH SOUND WHILE A DINGHY SPEEDS BY.UK0300
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RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1943-07-05. CREW OF SHORT SUNDERLAND, "G" FOR ...
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RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1943-07-05. CREW OF SHORT SUNDERLAND, "G" FOR GEORGE, OF NO. 10 SQUADRON, RAAF, COMING ASHORE AFTER RETURNING FROM A PATROL OVER THE BAY OF BISCAY. FLIGHT ...UK0260
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RAF Station Mount Batten Plymouth, England. 1944-05-12. Group portrait of members of a crew at ...
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RAF Station Mount Batten Plymouth, England. 1944-05-12. Group portrait of members of a crew at No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF in the UK approaching the jetty in a dinghy. Captain of the crew is 413...SUK12170
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RAF Station Mount Batten Plymouth, England. 1944-05-12. Group portrait of members of a crew at ...
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RAF Station Mount Batten Plymouth, England. 1944-05-12. Group portrait of members of a crew at No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF in the UK drawing alongside the jetty in a dinghy. Captain of the crew ...SUK12171
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RAF STATION PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-06. AT SHORT SUNDERLAND NO. 461 SQUADRON OF COASTAL ...
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RAF STATION PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-06. AT SHORT SUNDERLAND NO. 461 SQUADRON OF COASTAL COMMAND, DUTY HANDS GOING OUT TO THEIR AIRCRAFT "M FOR MABEL". LEFT TO RIGHT: SERGEANT R. MCDONALD, RIGGER...UK0109
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RAF Station Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1941-12. Portrait of Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) R. E. ...
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RAF Station Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1941-12. Portrait of Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) R. E. Burrage (left), the captain of a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF which had alighted on the sea to...SUK15098
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RAF Station Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1941-12. The crew of a British bomber aircraft which had ...
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RAF Station Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1941-12. The crew of a British bomber aircraft which had come down in the Atlantic and drifted for hours in a two-man dinghy. They were rescued by a Sunderland air...SUK15097
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RAF STATION PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-06. MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF "M FOR MABEL" A SHORT ...
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RAF STATION PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-06. MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF "M FOR MABEL" A SHORT SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF OF COASTAL COMMAND ENTER THE DINGHY TO COME ASHORE ON RETURNING ...UK0112
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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-03. MEMBERS OF 2 MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON WITH THEIR BOATS. THE ...
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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-03. MEMBERS OF 2 MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON WITH THEIR BOATS. THE UNIT HAS BUILT THREE 18-FOOT POWER BOATS, FIVE 16-FOOT NETTING DINGHEYS AND TWO TEN-FOOT NETTING DINGHEY...098580
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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-03. MEMBERS OF 2ND MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON DURING HAULING ...
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Maker: Rogers, M B
SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-03. MEMBERS OF 2ND MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON DURING HAULING PREPARATIONS, RUNNING THE DRAG-NETS FROM THE DRYING RACKS TO THE DINGHY. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX90299 PRIVATE D. D....073736
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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-01. MEMBERS OF THE 2ND MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON ASSISTED BY ...
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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-01. MEMBERS OF THE 2ND MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON ASSISTED BY NATIVES FROM A NEARBY VILLAGE USE A DRAGNET CONTAINING FISH TO CARRY THE CATCH TO A DINGHY WHERE THEY WILL B...073648
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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-01. MEMBERS OF THE 2ND MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON PULL A NET BACK ...
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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-01. MEMBERS OF THE 2ND MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON PULL A NET BACK THROUGH SURF ON TO A DINGHY AT SALUS LAKE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX90299 PRIVATE D D THOMPSON (1); ...073651
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SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-01. N298417 PRIVATE R. FERNANCE, 2ND MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON, ...
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Maker: Rogers, M B
SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-01. N298417 PRIVATE R. FERNANCE, 2ND MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON, PLANING A STRUT WHICH WILL BE USED AS AN UPRIGHT IN A DINGHY UNDER REPAIR AT THE BOATSHED.073655
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Saving airmen from the sea
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Maker: Cinesound
A newsreel item showing co-operation between RAN and RAAF in air/sea rescue work. RAN officer instructing RAAF air sea rescue crews; air/sea rescue operation room, air/sea rescue launches leaving base...F02003
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SOLOMON SEA AREA. 1944-01-27. THE CATALINA FLYING BOAT AIRCRAFT WHICH SEARCHED 400 SQ MILES OF ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
SOLOMON SEA AREA. 1944-01-27. THE CATALINA FLYING BOAT AIRCRAFT WHICH SEARCHED 400 SQ MILES OF SEA, TAXIES TO RESCUE WARRANT OFFICER J. E. C. "SHORTY" ARTHUR, BURNIE OF TAS, A PILOT OF NO. 76 SQUADRON...OG0503
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Southern England. 1945-01-04. An emergency dinghy carried in the Supermarine Walrus amphibian ...
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Southern England. 1945-01-04. An emergency dinghy carried in the Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft of No. 277 (Air Sea Rescue) Squadron RAF. This can be thrown out in case of rough seas to overcro...UK2403