EAST SALE, VIC. 1946-09-15. AVRO LANCASTER AIRCRAFT "ARIES" OF THE RAF EMPIRE AIR NAVIGATION ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Sale
Accession Number P00448.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Period 1940-1949
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

EAST SALE, VIC. 1946-09-15. AVRO LANCASTER AIRCRAFT "ARIES" OF THE RAF EMPIRE AIR NAVIGATION SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHED AT EAST SALE DURING A LIAISON VISIT TO THE RAAF SCHOOL OF AIR NAVIGATION. A POST- WAR MODIFICATION OF THE NOSE OF THIS AIRCRAFT HAD DELETED THE FORWARD GUN TURRET AND PROVIDED A LONGER STREAMLINED NOSE CONE ON WHICH IS SEEN A LIST OF COUNTRIES VISITED BY THIS AIRCRAFT.