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Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Minature Model Aircraft
Gruman Avenger. One of a collection of 25 model aircraft made by Brian Anthony DOWD The Grumman TBF Avenger is an American torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine CorpsSmall brown and camouflage plane with black and red spots on wings. Yellow, white, blue & red circles on sides.NF W8142model airplanes, gruman avenger. -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Minature Model Aircraft
Avenger. One of a collection of 25 model aircraft made by Brian Anthony DOWD The Grumman TBF Avenger is an American torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps Green plane with white & blue circles on wings & sides, yellow band around tail. Yellow nose.CU-670model airplanes, avenger. -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Minature Model Aircraft
Hawker Demon. One of a collection of 25 model aircraft made by Brian Anthony DOWD The Hawker Hart was a British two-seater biplane light bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force. Silver bi-plane with red, blue & white circles & black and white checks on top wing & on both sides. Red, white & blue tail fin.K1938model airplanes, hawker demon. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Australian War Memorial , Canberra, Journal of the Australian War Memorial, 1986
Articles include Bomber command training RAAF in Britain. North Australian air war.Green cover, white writing. Photo of a plane & two airmen on front cover. Copy of a recruitment poster for RAAF air crew on back covermilitary -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed print, Catalina Flying Boat
Watercolour painting of Catalina Flying Boat - Attached to rear of frame is a short history of the Catalina Flying Boat together with the service history of Owen and and his younger brother Roy MORTIMER who both served in the Royal Australian Air Force in the South West Pacific area during WW2 Developed as a naval patrol aircraft, the Consolidated PBY Catalina was a widely exported flying boat during World War II. Over the course of the conflict it served with a number of different nations in a variety of roles. In the Royal Australian Air Force, PBYs and PB2Bs (a variant built by Boeing in Canada) served as multi role bombers and scouts, the type eventually earning great renown among Australian aircrews. The motto of the Catalina squadrons was "The First and Furthest." Gold painted embossed metal frame with cream coloured mount containing watercolour painting of plane on waterCatalina Flying Boat Royal Australian Air Force catalina flying boat, raaf, mortimer, ww2 -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Publication - "The 1000 Bomber Raid"
second world war (ww2), 1939 - 1945, literature, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, JOHN MUIRHEAD et al, THOSE WHO FALL (A Bomber Pilots War Recalled), 1986
940.54'4973'0924, autobiography, isbn: 0-593-01416-2 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Postcard
Black and White postcard of sailors on deck. Writing on front of card reads "Mystery ship H.M.S. Hyderabad Bomb Thrower Open" and on the right side of the card "No. 9" (a WWI ship). . (SH 123.1 Ships F - H).Writing on front of card reads "Mystery ship H.M.S. Hyderabad Bomb Thrower Open" and on the right side of the card "No. 9" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, h.m.s. hyderabad, mystery ship, bomber ship, world war 1, post card, postcard -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BOMBER COMMAND WW2, Ray OLLIS, "101 Nights", 1957 First Edition
Hard cover book Hard cover - cardboard, mid blue colour buckram, silver print on spine. 276 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Front and back end papers and numerous pages - Owner's stamp. front end paper - price notation.Front and back end papers and numerous pages - owner's stamp, purple ink "AIR CADET CORPS/ CITY OF BENDIGO SQUADRON" Front end papers - handwritten, grey lead pencil "19/9/7570".books, military history, ww2, bomber command -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Archive - File, Local Government Review, (.02) "The Age", 1986
File on papers relating to the Local Government inquiry into State-wide review of Local Government (amalgamations) 1985/86local government - city of port melbourne, state government victoria, barry 'bomber' mitchell, glen cosham, noel turnbull, frederick charles jackson, j mckenzie, theodore thomas (tom) buckingham, russell griffiths, raymond frank julier, james malcolm (jim) mitchell, frederick robert winduss, perce mcguire white, perce white, nick tsilfoglou, kenneth william stark -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Film - DVD, ABC, "A place to belong - Port Melbourne", 1993
"A place to belong - Port Melbourne" a film about family friends and housing. Recorded 1993 by ABC - Brian McKENZIE. An ABC broadcast in 1993 on the gentrification of Port Melbourne, with concentration on the Mitchell family.families, barry 'bomber' mitchell, social activities, built environment, neil sharp, marlene mitchell nee sharp -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Minutes, Port Melbourne Benevolent Society, 1979 - 1988
After recording the final meeting of the Port Melbourne Benevolent Society in 1988, Mrs Elwin ALLEN kept the books until 1997, when she handed them on to PMH&PSMinutes of the Port Melbourne Benevolent Society 19.7.1979 to 20.7.1988, entered into grey book with green linen binding, printed 'Service Account Book'. One of several documents from the Society's archives.Pen scratches lower right front coverbarry 'bomber' mitchell, charities and appeals, societies clubs unions and other organisations, mrs elwin allen, port melbourne benevolent society, beris campbell, julia lindsay, jessie edwards, heather wale, lorna mason, emmy harrison, dudley sherlock, l smith, anna louise robieson, rosa coluccio, katherine partridge, w skelton, margaret white, tom stewart, shirley stewart, j stewart, barbara stewart, vera cunningham, frederick robert winduss, noni winduss, raymond frank julier, lil julier, iris wills, w bowtell, james mitchell, val mitchell, leslie mantle, ronald 'bunna' walsh, kenneth william stark -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Pecuniary interest of Port Melbourne Councillors, 1970
Book of notices of pecuniary interest by Port Melbourne Councillors c1970local government - city of port melbourne, theodore thomas (tom) buckingham, henry melville fennell, james malcolm (jim) mitchell, barry 'bomber' mitchell, john william (jack) woodruff, frederick robert winduss, perce mcguire white, perce white, archibald (arch) todd, gordon lockhart edwards -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Newsletter, City of Port Melbourne, Port Council News, 1987
Set of newsletters issued by the City of Port Melbourne, Vol 3 No 2 Autumn 1987barry 'bomber' mitchell, local government - city of port melbourne, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, chris raeburn, phillip lang, james malcolm (jim) mitchell, russell griffiths, frederick robert winduss, raymond frank julier, perce mcguire white, perce white, nick tsilfoglou -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Newsletter, City of Port Melbourne, Port Council News, 1989
Set of newsletters issued by the City of Port Melbourne, June 1989local government - city of port melbourne, barry 'bomber' mitchell -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Newsletter, City of Port Melbourne, Port Council News, 1989
Set of newsletters issued by the City of Port Melbourne, October 1989local government - city of port melbourne, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, barry 'bomber' mitchell -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - Re Mayor and Councillors, City of Port Melbourne, 1985
From the collection of the late Fred WINDUSSTypewritten letter from ratepayer relating to the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Port Melbourne, unsignedPencilled received 29.8.1985local government - city of port melbourne, mayors, frederick robert winduss, raymond frank julier, theodore thomas (tom) buckingham, perce mcguire white, perce white, glen cosham, barry 'bomber' mitchell -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Coffee/Tea order form, Port Melbourne Council meetings, City of Port Melbourne, 1986
Blank forms typed on city A5 letterhead and photocopied (3 copies): used to note tea and coffee orders for Port Melbourne Council meetings. Initials of councillors and chief officers included.One copy annotated in pencil by cataloguer with full names of those listedlocal government - city of port melbourne, frederick robert winduss, russell griffiths, phillip lang, perce mcguire white, perce white, james malcolm (jim) mitchell, chris raeburn, raymond frank julier, barry 'bomber' mitchell, josef (jo) szwarc -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Max Hastings, Armageddon: the battle for Germany, 2004
Armageddon tells the story of the climactic months of the Second World War, the destruction of Hitler's Germany. Max Hastings has researched archives in four countries and interviewed 170 witnesses to piece together a saga that is at once fascinating military history and the greatest human tragedy of the twentieth century." "This book follows Max Hastings's earlier acclaimed studies of the Second World War, including Overlord and Bomber Command, in examining a great sweep of history with massive research and a host of new insights." "Armageddon embraces the fates of more than a hundred million people, men and women, old and very young, from the tragic teenage fanatics who died in the ruins of Hitler's Reich to the British 'Tommies' who simply yearned to finish a painful job and go home. Few books on the Second World War have so vividly brought together the story of the battlefields, east and west, with the decisions of the generals and the impact of great events upon ordinary soldiers and civilians.Index, ill, maps, p.584.non-fictionArmageddon tells the story of the climactic months of the Second World War, the destruction of Hitler's Germany. Max Hastings has researched archives in four countries and interviewed 170 witnesses to piece together a saga that is at once fascinating military history and the greatest human tragedy of the twentieth century." "This book follows Max Hastings's earlier acclaimed studies of the Second World War, including Overlord and Bomber Command, in examining a great sweep of history with massive research and a host of new insights." "Armageddon embraces the fates of more than a hundred million people, men and women, old and very young, from the tragic teenage fanatics who died in the ruins of Hitler's Reich to the British 'Tommies' who simply yearned to finish a painful job and go home. Few books on the Second World War have so vividly brought together the story of the battlefields, east and west, with the decisions of the generals and the impact of great events upon ordinary soldiers and civilians.world war 1939-1945 - battles - germany, world war 1939-1945 - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Scribe, Forgotten ANZACS, 2008
his is the largely unknown story of another Anzac force, which fought not at Gallipoli, but in Greece, during World War II. Desperately outnumbered and fighting in deeply inhospitable conditions, these Anzacs found themselves engaging in a long retreat through Greece, under constant air attack. Most of the Anzac Corps was evacuated by the end of April 1941, but many men got only as far as Crete. Fighting a German paratroop invasion there in May, large numbers were taken captive and spent four long years as prisoners of the Nazis. The campaign in Greece turned out to have uncanny parallels to the original Gallipoli operation: both were inspired by Winston Churchill, both were badly planned by British military leaders, and both ended in defeat and evacuation. Just as Gallipoli provided military academies the world over with lessons in how not to conduct a complex feat of arms, Churchill's Greek adventure reinforced fundamental lessons in modern warfare - heavy tanks could not be stopped by men armed with rifles, and Stuka dive-bombers would not be deflected by promises of air support from London that were never honoured. In this revised edition, based on fresh archival research, and containing a collection of previously unpublished photos, the truth finally emerges as to how the Australian, Greek, and New Zealand Governments were misled over key decisions that would define the campaign.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.374.non-fictionhis is the largely unknown story of another Anzac force, which fought not at Gallipoli, but in Greece, during World War II. Desperately outnumbered and fighting in deeply inhospitable conditions, these Anzacs found themselves engaging in a long retreat through Greece, under constant air attack. Most of the Anzac Corps was evacuated by the end of April 1941, but many men got only as far as Crete. Fighting a German paratroop invasion there in May, large numbers were taken captive and spent four long years as prisoners of the Nazis. The campaign in Greece turned out to have uncanny parallels to the original Gallipoli operation: both were inspired by Winston Churchill, both were badly planned by British military leaders, and both ended in defeat and evacuation. Just as Gallipoli provided military academies the world over with lessons in how not to conduct a complex feat of arms, Churchill's Greek adventure reinforced fundamental lessons in modern warfare - heavy tanks could not be stopped by men armed with rifles, and Stuka dive-bombers would not be deflected by promises of air support from London that were never honoured. In this revised edition, based on fresh archival research, and containing a collection of previously unpublished photos, the truth finally emerges as to how the Australian, Greek, and New Zealand Governments were misled over key decisions that would define the campaign. world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - greece, greek campaign - australian involvement -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, H.M. Stationery Office, Bomber Command : the Air Ministry account of Bomber Command's offensive against the Axis, September, 1939-July, 1941
An account of Bomber Commands operations in the first years of the warIll, maps, p.120.non-fictionAn account of Bomber Commands operations in the first years of the warworld war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - british, royal air force - bomber command -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Paul Brickhill, The dam busters, 1953
On 17 May 1943, nearly 350 million tons of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr when the Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron breached the giant Moehne and Eder Dams with colossal ‘blockbuster’ bombs. The Dam Busters tells the story of the raid and the squadron of fearless airmen who carried it through. Again and again, the crews of 617 Squadron Bomber Command used their flying skills, their tremendous courage and Barnes Wallis’ highly accurate bouncing bombs to deal devastating blows to Nazi Germany.Ill, p.287.non-fictionOn 17 May 1943, nearly 350 million tons of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr when the Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron breached the giant Moehne and Eder Dams with colossal ‘blockbuster’ bombs. The Dam Busters tells the story of the raid and the squadron of fearless airmen who carried it through. Again and again, the crews of 617 Squadron Bomber Command used their flying skills, their tremendous courage and Barnes Wallis’ highly accurate bouncing bombs to deal devastating blows to Nazi Germany. world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - britain, dam buster raid - germany -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Crecy Publishing, No moon tonight, 2000
Don Charlwood was born in Melbourne in 1915. Accepted as a RAF navigator in 1940, he was posted to 103 Squadron at Elsham Wolds in the winter of 1942. There he crewed up with a pilot from Western Australia and a British crew to fly a Lancaster bomber. In No Moon Tonight he gives a profound insight into the inner lives of the men of Bomber Command and their hopes and fears in the face of mounting losses. He depicts the appalling human cost of the air war in an account which has been favorably compared to other enduring memoirs of the 1st World War, namely Sassoon's Memoirs of an Infantry Officer and Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. A memorable first hand account of the air war over Germany.Ill, p.244.non-fictionDon Charlwood was born in Melbourne in 1915. Accepted as a RAF navigator in 1940, he was posted to 103 Squadron at Elsham Wolds in the winter of 1942. There he crewed up with a pilot from Western Australia and a British crew to fly a Lancaster bomber. In No Moon Tonight he gives a profound insight into the inner lives of the men of Bomber Command and their hopes and fears in the face of mounting losses. He depicts the appalling human cost of the air war in an account which has been favorably compared to other enduring memoirs of the 1st World War, namely Sassoon's Memoirs of an Infantry Officer and Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. A memorable first hand account of the air war over Germany.world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - britain, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Mike Colman, Crew : the story of the men who flew RAAF Lancaster J for Jig, 2018
The story of an RAAF Lancaster bomber crew shot down over France in 1944. On the evening of 24 February 1944, RAAF Lancaster bomber J for Jig took off from an airfield in Lincolnshire. On board was a crew of seven young men - five Australians, two Scots - whose mission was to bomb factories in Schweinfurt, Germany. But J for Jig never reached its target. It was shot down in the night skies over France. This book is about the seven lives on that aircraft - who they were, what they did, whom they loved, and whom they left behind. Some were to die that night, and others were to survive, withstanding incredible hardships and adventures as prisoners and evaders in a war that was far from over. Crew brilliantly recreates J for Jig's final mission but, more than that, in telling seven individuals' stories Mike Colman has captured the achievements, loss and the enduring legacy of the generation that fought in the Second World War.Ill, p.326.non-fictionThe story of an RAAF Lancaster bomber crew shot down over France in 1944. On the evening of 24 February 1944, RAAF Lancaster bomber J for Jig took off from an airfield in Lincolnshire. On board was a crew of seven young men - five Australians, two Scots - whose mission was to bomb factories in Schweinfurt, Germany. But J for Jig never reached its target. It was shot down in the night skies over France. This book is about the seven lives on that aircraft - who they were, what they did, whom they loved, and whom they left behind. Some were to die that night, and others were to survive, withstanding incredible hardships and adventures as prisoners and evaders in a war that was far from over. Crew brilliantly recreates J for Jig's final mission but, more than that, in telling seven individuals' stories Mike Colman has captured the achievements, loss and the enduring legacy of the generation that fought in the Second World War.royal australian air force - aerial operations - europe, royal australian air force - biographies -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Wrens park publishing, Air Battle of the Ruhr : RAF Offensive March - July 1943, 2001
First published to acclaim in 1992, this book deals with the exploits of Bomber Command during their offensive against German Industry in the Ruhr during World War II. The author begins by describing the role of Bomber Command and goes on to define the Ruhr area and its great importance in terms of industrial output to the Germans. The author provides the statistics for bombers dispatched, the number, which actually got to the targets and those, which never made it for one reason or another. Air Battle of the Ruhr is a complete overview of a major aspect of the air war against mainland Germany.Index, ill, p.137.non-fictionFirst published to acclaim in 1992, this book deals with the exploits of Bomber Command during their offensive against German Industry in the Ruhr during World War II. The author begins by describing the role of Bomber Command and goes on to define the Ruhr area and its great importance in terms of industrial output to the Germans. The author provides the statistics for bombers dispatched, the number, which actually got to the targets and those, which never made it for one reason or another. Air Battle of the Ruhr is a complete overview of a major aspect of the air war against mainland Germany.bombimg - ruhr region - germany, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - britain -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Readers book club, The dam busters, 1954
On 17 May 1943, nearly 350 million tons of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr when the Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron breached the giant Moehne and Eder Dams with colossal ‘blockbuster’ bombs. The Dam Busters tells the story of the raid and the squadron of fearless airmen who carried it through. Again and again, the crews of 617 Squadron Bomber Command used their flying skills, their tremendous courage and Barnes Wallis’ highly accurate bouncing bombs to deal devastating blows to Nazi Germany.Ill p.254.non-fictionOn 17 May 1943, nearly 350 million tons of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr when the Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron breached the giant Moehne and Eder Dams with colossal ‘blockbuster’ bombs. The Dam Busters tells the story of the raid and the squadron of fearless airmen who carried it through. Again and again, the crews of 617 Squadron Bomber Command used their flying skills, their tremendous courage and Barnes Wallis’ highly accurate bouncing bombs to deal devastating blows to Nazi Germany.world war 1939 – 1945 – britain – aerial operations - europe, royal air force - 617 squadron -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Cerberus, Lightning strikes : the story of a B-17 bomber, 2003
The story of Flying Fortress Lightning Strikes, 42-3073 from its construction in a California factory in 1942 to its loss over Germany a year laterBibliography, ill, maps, p.176.The story of Flying Fortress Lightning Strikes, 42-3073 from its construction in a California factory in 1942 to its loss over Germany a year laterworld war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - usa, b17 bomber - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Pan, Bomber command, 1999
Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of the Second World War. More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF's attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle began in 1939 with a few score primitive Whitleys, Hampdens and Wellingtons, and ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitoes razing whole cities in a single night.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.375.non-fictionBomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of the Second World War. More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF's attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle began in 1939 with a few score primitive Whitleys, Hampdens and Wellingtons, and ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitoes razing whole cities in a single night. world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - britain, royal air orce - bomber command -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Allen and Unwin, Battle Order 204 : A Bomber Pilot's Story, 2007
The riveting true story account of a young WW2 pilot's heroic journey, illustrated throughout with fascinating photographs, maps and excerpts from his log books.Bibliography, ill, map, p.305.non-fictionThe riveting true story account of a young WW2 pilot's heroic journey, illustrated throughout with fascinating photographs, maps and excerpts from his log books.world war 1939 – 1945 – aerial operations - britain, world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Viking, Fly -True Stories of Courage and Adventure from the Airmen of World War II, 2008
All over the world during World War II, thousands of young men who had never so much as been near an aeroplane left offices, farms and classrooms to learn to fly and fight in the greatest conflict the world has ever seen. They fought over deserts, cities and jungles, in-single-engine fighter aircraft, heavy bombers, transport planes and flying boats. How do they feel about their dramatic days in the air? What is it they remember, and what do they choose to forget? In these candid and moving stories, Michael Veitch, writer, broadcaster and aeroplane fanatic, uncovers some of the untold stories of World War II: Australian, British and even German. He captures the events that defined a generation of men before these stories are lost forever.Ill, p.303.non-fictionAll over the world during World War II, thousands of young men who had never so much as been near an aeroplane left offices, farms and classrooms to learn to fly and fight in the greatest conflict the world has ever seen. They fought over deserts, cities and jungles, in-single-engine fighter aircraft, heavy bombers, transport planes and flying boats. How do they feel about their dramatic days in the air? What is it they remember, and what do they choose to forget? In these candid and moving stories, Michael Veitch, writer, broadcaster and aeroplane fanatic, uncovers some of the untold stories of World War II: Australian, British and even German. He captures the events that defined a generation of men before these stories are lost forever. world war 1939 – 1945 – aerial operations - australia, world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – australia