HMAS AUSTRALIA 1932-09-21. A SEAGULL AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT, WITH WINGS FOLDED, IS STOWED IN THE ...

Accession Number P00444.035
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Period 1930-1939
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HMAS AUSTRALIA 1932-09-21. A SEAGULL AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT, WITH WINGS FOLDED, IS STOWED IN THE WAIST OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA. UNTIL THE FORMATION OF THE RAN FLEET AIR ARM IN 1948, ALL CRUISER-BORNE AIRCRAFT WERE PILOTED BY MEN OF 9 SQUADRON RAAF. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)