LANGWARRIN, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. GROUP DISCUSSING PLANS OF AN EXPERIMENT IN SUPPLY-DROPPING FROM ...

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Accession Number 050506
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LANGWARRIN, AUSTRALIA. 1943-04. GROUP DISCUSSING PLANS OF AN EXPERIMENT IN SUPPLY-DROPPING FROM AN AIRCRAFT, ON TO A PREPARED CATCHMENT AREA OF WIRE MESH NET. LEFT TO RIGHT:- MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE, (INVENTOR OF SCHEME); MR. R. JONES, CONSTRUCTIONAL ENGINEER OF CYCLONE WIRE PTY. LTD; MAJOR J.L. HARRISON, MM, SALVAGE CONTROL OFFICER, VICTORIA L. OF C. AREA; SERGEANT SMITH, OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AND CAPTAIN R.S. STRANAGHAN, STAFF CAPTAIN, DIRECTORATE OF SALVAGE.