Two unidentified ground staff of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF recharge the batteries on a battery cart at ...

Accession Number MALTA0741
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Maker Sebastian, Jeffrey Graham (Jerry)
Place made Germany: Wahn
Date made 25-31 July 1953
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Two unidentified ground staff of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF recharge the batteries on a battery cart at an airfield near Cologne, West Germany. Battery carts are used to start the engines of jet fighter aircraft. The Wing is taking part in the NATO air exercise Operation Coronet, the largest air manoeuvre in Western Europe since the Second World War.

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