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Miller, Mervyn Keith (Sergeant, b.1909 - d.1991)
Private Record
Maker: Miller, Mervyn Keith
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 24973 Sergeant Mervyn Keith Miller, 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, the United Kingdom, 1942-1943. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one log ...PR04459
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[Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeroes shooting at P.40B Kittyhawk]; [Japanese aircraft strafing US airfield, attacking US Navy aircraft]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: Right hand side of watercolour featuring Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeroes shooting at P.40B Kittyhawk whiile strafing No.2 hangar at USA airfield (Wheeler airfield or Bellows airfield). Verso: Left han...ART91042.008
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[Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero with Aichi D3A Bombers on Aircraft carrier]; [Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers flying over the ocean]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: Right hand side of watercolour featuring a Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero with Aichi D3A 'Val' Bombers on aircraft carrier, waiting to take off. Verso: Left hand side of watercolour featuring the Nakajim...ART91042.003
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Mk 1A Small Bomb Container
Technology
Container Mark 1A for small bombs. Label on side indicates that the bomb weight range that can be used in this device is from 4 pounds to 40 pounds. The metal container has 3 bakelite Mark 2 electroma...REL30995
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Munro, Ron (Flying Officer)
Private Record
Maker: Munro, Ronald Fane
Second World War memoir of Flying Officer Ron Munro (408915) who served with 100 Squadron, RAAF. Titled 'A resume of my experiences in the RAAF, 1941-45.' 25 pages with illustrations.PR01751
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[Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers bombing US battleships]; [Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeroes shooting at P.40B Kittyhawk]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: Right hand side of watercolour featuring Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers ( 'Kate' carrier attack bombers) bombing US battleships. Verso: Left hand side of watercolour featuring Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero...ART91042.007
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[Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers bombing US battleships]; [Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers bombing US battleships]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: Right hand side of watercolour featuring Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers ( 'Kate' carrier attack bombers) bombing US battleships. Verso: Left hand side of watercolour featuring Nakajima B5N Topedo ...ART91042.005
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[Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers bombing US battleships]; [Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers bombing US battleships]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: Right hand side of watercolour featuring Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers ( 'Kate' carrier attack bombers) bombing US battleships. Verso: Left hand side of watercolour featuring Nakajima B5N Topedo ...ART91042.006
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[Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers flying over the ocean]; [Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers attacking US battleships]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: Right hand side of watercolour featuring Nakajima B5N Topedo Bombers ( 'Kate' carrier attack bombers) flying over the ocean. Verso: Left hand side of watercolour featuring Nakajima B5N Topedo B...ART91042.004
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[Nakakima B5N Torpedo Bomber attacking the USS Virginia]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: Right hand side of a watercolour featuring Nakakima B5N Torpedo Bomber ('Kate' carrier attack bomber) attacking the USS Virginia in Pearl Harbour.ART91042.015
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Neilson, Rupert Charles (Flying Officer, b.1922 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Neilson, Rupert Charles Royal Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of O215048 (412652) Flying Officer Rupert Charles Neilson, 234 Squadron and 10 Group Communication Flight, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and...PR05139
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News from Australia. 1944. Edward Lister Ifould DSO DFC and Bar as a navigator No 97 Squadron Bomber Command RAF 1944, interviewed by Henry MacGregor (War Office Recording program no. 43. 5-7649)
Sound
Maker: War Office
Ifould speaks of his role in the low-level daylight bombing raid on a marine diesel-engine manufacturing workshop at Augsburg, Germany on 17 April 1942 by a small force of new Lancaster bombers; 5/12 ...S03040
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Night air raid
Art
Maker: Wood, C Dudley
This image is of men leaving their tent to shelter in a slit trench during a raid by the Japanese Air Force. Two men crouch forwards; one is in shorts and another in pyjama bottoms. A third man fac...ART29214
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No 2 Bombardment Squardron RAAF, Darwin [Hudson bomber pulling away from mast-high attack]
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Attack on 5000 tons Japanese cargo ship in Bay of Ambon. On this occasion five bombers attacked five ships, each bomber selecting a ship. Two made direct hits - one of them, an ammunition ship, blew u...ART22730
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Noemfoor
Film
Noemfoor Island, circa 1944 -1945. RAAF ground crew servicing Beaufighter aircraft equipped with rocket racks. Beaufighters attacking a barge on the beach. Aircraft releasing rockets. Catalina flying ...F02155
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No. 455 Squadron Beaufighters attacking shipping off Norway, 1944
Art
Maker: Honisett, Ray
Part of an anti-shipping strike wing of Coastal Command, No. 455 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, became highly skilled in this role in sweeps along the French, Belgium and Dutch coasts. In Octob...ART27629
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No. 454 Squadron pilot climbing out after bombing raid
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Showing a pilot of No. 454 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force climbing from his cockpit after returning from a bombing raid on a site in north west Yugoslavia.ART25722
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Notes on aerial warfare over Port Darwin, 4th April 1942
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Aerial warfare over Port Darwin. U.S. Air Corps, 5 Fighter Command of 49 Group, 9 Squadron, went up to meet a force of Japanese bombers and Zero fighters. The 14th Australian Anti-Aircraft Battery fir...ART29708
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Nowland, Raymond Waller (Flight Lieutenant, b.1917 – d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Nowland, Raymond Waller
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 406366 Flight Lieutenant Raymond Waller Nowland, 84 Squadron and 1579 Calibration Flight, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United Kingdom, ...PR04172
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Opas, Athol Louis (Sergeant, b.1920 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Opas, Athol Louis
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 400354 Sergeant Athol Louis Opas, 458 Squadron and 108 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada, England and Egypt, 1940-1942. Wallet 1 of ...PR04955
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Over Ambon, No. 2 General Reconnaissance Squadron
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
On this operation new tactics were used on enemy shipping in the Bay of Ambon. The painting shows a tangle of Lockheed Hudson bombers, No 2 General Reconnaissance Squadron and Mitsubishi A6M Reisen '...ART22733
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Painting, William James (Flying Officer, b.1919 - d.2013)
Private Record
Maker: Painting, William James Thompson, Daryl
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 423863 Flying Officer William James ‘Bill’ Painting, 320 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada, England, Belgium and Germany, 1...PR04560
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Path of the kamikaze
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Depicting damage to funnel of ship caused by Japanese kamikaze aircraft (possibly HMAS Australia); campaign warship, anti-aircraft defences;ART23056
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Pilots arriving for early morning gaggle, Italy
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Depicts a group of three unidentified pilots No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), leaving a truck near the North American P-51 Mustang fighters for an early morning 'gaggle'. 'Gaggle' is ...ART24344
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Porteous, James Keith (Corporal, b.1922 - d.2009)
Private Record
Maker: Porteous, James Keith
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 20017 Corporal James Keith 'Jim' Porteous, 453 Squadron and 61 Operational Base Unit, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Malaya, the Netherla...PR04762
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Prentice, Ronald Herbert (Flight Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2015)
Private Record
Maker: Prentice, Ronald Herbert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 420265 Flight Lieutenant Ronald Herbert Prentice, 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, 1942-1945. ...PR04205
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Presentation Aircraft plaque : Nuffield Organisation
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cast alloy plaque mounted on a bevelled oak board. The plaque, bordered by a silver patterned frame, features at the top RAF wings with a 'W' in the centre and the word 'MERIT' underneath. The text re...REL33297
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RAAF assists in New Britain invasion
Film
Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks fighters of 78 Squadron, RAAF, escorting Vultee Vengeance dive bombers from 23 and 24 Squadrons, RAAF on an attack against enemy held Gasmata airstrip and on a bridge over the ...F01702
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RAAF Beaufighters
Film
Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
RAF Station Dallachy, Scotland November 1944. No. 455 Squadron RAAF Beaufighters UB-M and UB-D taking off carrying rockets. Third Beaufighter takes off carrying torpedo. Beaufighter UB-T undergoing ma...F01617
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RAAF Beaufighters in action with RAAF air crews
Art
Maker: Unknown Joint Army-RAAF Recruiting Committe Unknown
recruitment; recruiting poster depicting Beaufighters in action over an island, appealing for men to enlist as air crewARTV04281
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RAAF Catalina's taking off
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Aircraft pictured taking off from Port Moresby, New Guinea in the evening to bomb Gasmata, New Britain.ART21331
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RAAF convoy busters
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound news item featuring an attack on enemy shipping by Bristol Beaufighters of No. 455 Squadron RAAF. Commentator also mentions RAF pilots attacking enemy rocket sites. A few shots of pilots and...F02015
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RAAF Kittyhawks bombing Japanese positions
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
RAAF Kittyhawks bombing Japanese positions. No.76 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter bombers were the first aircraft to operate from Monote airstrip, which was captured from the Japan...ART22274
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RAAF Kittyhawk Squadron at Milne Bay, August-September 1942
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Crew from the RAAF Kittyhawk Squadron at Milne Bay. Dargie consulted with men from 75 and 76 Squadrons to achieve the most accurate results for this battle recreation. In regard to the models he stat...ART27628
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Rae, John Patrick Thomson (Warrant Officer, b.1917-d.1973)
Private Record
Maker: Rae, John Patrick Thomson
Collection relating to the Second World War service of A5107 Warrant Officer John Patrick Thomson Rae, No. 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Egypt, Libya and Italy, 1941-1944. Wallet 1 o...PR05749
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RAF flying artillery (CBS 1)
Film
Maker: RAF Film Unit
Inaccessable army targets such as the Panzer Group HQ, radiolocation stations, armoured transport well behind the lines, enemy gun positions, observation posts, such as the factory chimneys north of C...F02625
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RAF gaol breakers
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
Fox Movietone newsreel on the breaching of Amiens prison by the RAF. In February 1944, some one hundred and eighty seven French underground members were due to be executed for their efforts in the All...F07307
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1. RAF gaol breakers 2. The battle for Germany: fight for the Metz 3. Moselle River floods 4. Rundstedt's push 5. Across the Canals 6. Saipan construction of airfield for B29 bombers (Extracts from Movietone News newsreels)
Film
1. RAF gaol breakers. 2. The battle for Germany: fight for the Metz. 3. Moselle River floods. 4. Rundstedt's push. 5. Across the Canals. 6. Saipan construction of airfield for B29 bombers.F03511
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Raider, Mersa Matruh
Art
Maker: Herbert, Harold
Raider, Mersa Matruh - German raider over Mersa Matruh at dawn. Steel-helmeted troops in a slit trench. White puffs of smoke indicate anti-aircraft fire'.ART30083
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Red alert over Buna, November 1943
Art
Maker: Papworth, Francis John
Depicts a landscape with palm trees at night, search light beams and tracers, in the sky over Buna. Francis John Papworth (b.1915) enlisted in December 1941 and served with the 2/4 Commando Squadron ...ART93011
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Restoration Island, North Queensland
Art
Maker: Annand, Douglas
Aerial view of Restoration Island in North QueenslandART92429
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Richmond, Arthur Gerald Graham (Squadron Leader, b.1914 - d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Richmond, Arthur Gerald Graham
Collection relating to the Second World War service of O18004 (404037) Squadron Leader Arthur Gerald Graham Richmond, 230 Squadron and 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Rhodesia, Egypt, United...PR03721
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Ringed with menace!
Art
Maker: Northfield, James Beaufort Division of the Department of Aircraft Production
A poster produced for the Beaufort Division of the Department of Aircraft Production during the Second World War. The poster depicts a map of Australia ringed by threatening Japanese ships and aircra...ARTV09061
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Sharkey, James Anthony (Warrant Officer, b.1920 - d.1995)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Sharkey, James Anthony Sharkey, Michael
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 413034 Warrant Officer James Anthony Sharkey, 17 Squadron (Royal Air Force), Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Egypt, Rhodesia, England and ...PR05857
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Sheppard, Geoffrey Moxon (Squadron Leader, b.1914 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Sheppard, Geoffrey Moxon
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 280628 Squadron Leader Geoffrey Moxon Sheppard, 21 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Malaya, 1940-1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one type...PR04308
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Simpson, Ross McCulloch (Pilot Officer, b.1921 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Simpson, Ross McCulloch
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 415279 Pilot Officer Ross McCulloch Simpson, 90 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, at sea, and the United Kingdom, 1941-1943. Wall...PR03863
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Sketchbook containing 16 pages of drawings depicting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Sketchbook containing drawings and watercolours of the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor in 1942.ART91042
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'SPECIAL FLYING RATION' ration pack : RAAF and Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: MacRobertson Chocolates
Khaki painted metal tin which contains rations. Printed in black on top of the detachable metal cover, which is taped down on top of the ring-pull lid, is; 'D^D / Made in Australia / Packed by MacROBE...RELAWM20232.015
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Spitfires attacking Japanese raiders over Darwin, 6 July 1943
Art
Maker: Freedman, Harold
Depicts a squadron of Supermarine Spitfires in action against Japanese aircraft over Darwin towards the end of the Second World War. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was a...ART27577
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617 Squadron raid on the Mohne Dam, 16 May 1943
Art
Maker: Wootton, Frank
Two Lancaster bombers from the Royal Air Force no. 617 crossing the wall of the Moehne Dam, in the attack later known as The Dam Busters Raid.ART40896