Mirage

Accession Number F02787
Collection type Film
Measurement 44 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 16mm/b&w/silent
Place made Australia: Victoria, Geelong
Date made January 1964
Access Open
Conflict Period 1960-1969
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

First Australian assembled Mirage jet fighter over the Geelong area, Victoria, when final trials of the aircraft were made prepartory to the handover ceremony scheduled for 29 January 1964. The introduction of the Mirage III-0 fighter into the RAAF gives it a day or night all weather fighter interceptor equal to any thing in the world.

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