Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. WAAAF Meteorological Assistants filling a weather balloon from a ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Laverton
Accession Number VIC0229
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. WAAAF Meteorological Assistants filling a weather balloon from a hydrogen gas cylinder. These balloons are released at regular intervals and observed in flight to compute wind direction and velocity.