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A resupply parachute about to land in the jungle of Northern Malaya. The supplies were dropped to ...
Photograph
Maker: Betts, Brian E
A resupply parachute about to land in the jungle of Northern Malaya. The supplies were dropped to B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), who were on a long range patrol near t...P02222.001
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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. ...
Photograph
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 ...
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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
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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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BATTLE OF MENIN ROAD. ONE OF OUR BALLOON OBSERVERS DESCENDING NEAR ZILLEBEKE, BY MEANS OF HIS ...
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BATTLE OF MENIN ROAD. ONE OF OUR BALLOON OBSERVERS DESCENDING NEAR ZILLEBEKE, BY MEANS OF HIS PARACHUTE. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO D2046)H09303