A continuation and conclusion of the story of Australian airmen who served in or beside the RAAF in the struggle against Germany and Italy. In general it covers a period when both in the Mediterranean and in Northern Europe Air superiority, the vital pre-requisite of successful air assault, had already been gained over the enemy. The emphasis is largely engagements or in the strategic bombing campaigns to the total achievement of allied air power in land and sea campaigns.Historical record of the Air power over Europe 1944-1945Australia in the War of 1939-1945 - Air Power Over Europe 1944-1945. AIR Maps, Illustrations, charts, photographsAustralian War Memorialinvasion of italy, long range missiles, oil, normandy, coastal command, ardennes offensive, battle of the bulge, evaders, prisoners, rhine, air force 1944-1945, wwii, 453 squadron, 646 squadron, spitfire, ground crew, no.3 squadron, 461 squadron, 466 squadron, 455 squadron

Newspaper & date published now shown.Newspaper article, colour & black & white, titled: ANZAC Day Reunites Two Special Squadrons, 461 Squadron Sunderland Aircraft.documents - newspapers, military history - air force, sunderland, passchendaele barracks trust

Items in the collection of R C ALLARDICE No 418577 RAAF. Refer Reg No 3627.5 for his service details & collection.Dinner menu folding on yellow parchment paper. All printing in blue. Inside refers to Toasts on one page & 3 course menu on the other. Rear has 18 signatures in ink & pencil.Printed on front: 461 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force Third Anniversary Dinner ANZAC Night April 24th 1945menu, raaf, world war 2, 461 sqd

From title page: The ANZAC Squadron. A history of No 461 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force 1942 - 1945 by Air Commodore Norman Ashworth, RAAF (Ret).Soft cardboard cover, dark blue & black print on front, spine & back. Yellow background with colour photos of a painting of a Flying Boat in action. On back is a black & white portrait photo of the author, Norman Ashworth. 275 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated black & white photos & maps.raaf, book, 461

From inscriptions and markings; 'To deliver a successful depth charge attack, sinking U-461 in a single pass. In an act of grace, the Sunderland pilot/ returned to the scene to drop a dinghy to the U-Boat survivors. Limited Edition "209/500".Print - on paper, print of a painting, in colour, depicting a "Sunderland" aircraft - flying boat attacking a U-boat. Background of sea and sky. Painting by aviation artist Robert Taylor. Title information and 9 signatures below painting. Frame - timber with light brown, gold and beige coloured paint. Decorative moulding. Mount - light purple colored cardboard. Glass front and cardboard backs.Information printed below painting on print "CAUGHT ON THE SURFACE"/ by/ Robert Taylor./ In a strange quirk of fate, a Sunderland of Number 461 Squadron RAAF, identification letter U, destroys submarine U-461,/ a type XIV tanker, one of three German submarines caught on the surface by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay, on July 30 1943. / At extreme low level, Sunderland U/461 braves a barrage of gunfire from all circling submarines.print, framed accessories, military history, airforce, aircraft raaf

Ill, p.204.non-fictionThe Sunderland flying-boats and the Junkers 88s and U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic through the eyes of the No. 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - australia, battle of the atlantic