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        B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
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        Accessed 1 April 2023

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        • Equipment - Emergency Transmitter and 1 Signal Ballloon, Emergency Transmitter (Gibson Girl) BC-778E
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Equipment - Emergency Transmitter and 1 Signal Ballloon, Emergency Transmitter (Gibson Girl) BC-778E

          Historic

          These transmitters were used continually through WWII.

          Orange large metal casing for transmitter, transport webbing and buckle.Tin containing balloon

          SIGNAL CORPS U.S ARMY. RADIO TRANSMITTER BC.778.E SERIAL NO.14873, ORDER NO.5896-WF-43, Made By BENDIX AVIATION. LIMITED NORTH HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA

        • Functional object - Identity  Tag, RAAF Identity Tag
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Functional object - Identity Tag, RAAF Identity Tag

          These metal identity tags were worn by RAAF personal during WWII

          Flight Sergeant Dorizzi enlisted in the RAAF in May 1944 until his discharge in December 1945 and was a member of 12 Squadron.

          Round metal Identity Tag with hole in top for attachment.Fluting around edge and engraved.

          DORRIZZI.W.E. 442160, RAAF, R.C.

        • B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

        • Work on paper - Flight Mechanics Course Notes, Fitters II.E Flight Mechanics Course Notes
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Work on paper - Flight Mechanics Course Notes, Fitters II.E Flight Mechanics Course Notes

          R.H. Percy was a flight mechanic fitter on B-24 aircraft c1942-1945

          These course notes were used by all flight mechanics for B-24 aircraft.

          Foolscap size cardboard covered papers

          51067 Percy R.H. course 176 TFM, R.A.A.F. 4847 Fitters II.E, Flight Mechanics Course Notes, ENGINEERING SCHOOL, ISSUE 3-1941, This Book is R.A.A.F. Property and is NOT TO BE REPRODUCED without authority. By authority: Wilke & Co Pty. Ltd. Printers 19-47 Jeffcott Street, Melbourne.

        • B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Equipment - Stand, Rotating Engine Stand

          This stand was, and is used to mount Cheetah and Pratt & whitney aircraft engines for inspection.

          Large steel stand for aircraft engines

        • Equipment - Survival- Desalination Kit, Type JS Desalinator
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Equipment - Survival- Desalination Kit, Type JS Desalinator

          These survival kits were attached to all WW11 aircraft life rafts.

          Vital for the survival of air crew that came down over water

          Canvas pack with webbing straps and internal horse hair filters.

          TYPE "J" STORES REF:- 27C/222S

        • B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

        • Manual - Maintenance Manual for B-24 Liberator Aircraft, ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARMY MODELS B-24D, G, H AND J, RB-24C AND E NAVY MODEL PB4Y-1 BRITISH MODELS LIBERATOR BIII, BIIIA, BIV, GRV, GRVI, AND BVI
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Manual - Maintenance Manual for B-24 Liberator Aircraft, ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARMY MODELS B-24D, G, H AND J, RB-24C AND E NAVY MODEL PB4Y-1 BRITISH MODELS LIBERATOR BIII, BIIIA, BIV, GRV, GRVI, AND BVI

          This Manual was used by maintenance crews to repair American B-24 aircraft, for Army, Navy and British models.

          Vital for maintenance crews.

          Quarto size Paper Manual with cardboard backing held together with metal butterfly studs.

          Inscriptions as previously stated. RESTRICTED, FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY, T.O. NO. 01-5EC-2. 2O JULY 1943 , REVISED 5 AUGUST 1944.

        • Map - Silk Escape Map, NO. C45 EAST BORNEO
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Map - Silk Escape Map, NO. C45 EAST BORNEO

          These maps were used by Air crew in case of air craft crashing.

          Fabric map of East Borneo.

          AAF CLOTH CHART NO. C-45 EAST BORNEO (Other side Chart No. C-46) No.C-45 EAST BORNEO S120-E11340/540Nx520

        • Card - POSTCARD, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE POSTCARD
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Card - POSTCARD, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE POSTCARD

          RAAF Darwin Christmas card issued to personnel 1945.

          Card unique to 12 Squadron

          Cardboard Book style postcard

          RAAF 12 SQUADRON imprinted over flying wings on air force roundel ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

        • B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Work on paper - photo WW-2 or B-24 RAAF, Chirstmas card of WW-2 or B24 RAAF

          ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year Darwin 1945. Insert of picture of B24

        • Accessory - Torch, Lever activated torch A9
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Accessory - Torch, Lever activated torch A9

          Originated from Holland

          Torch used by Air Force personal During Second World War

          Small brown torch with activating lever Type A9

          TROPICALIZED FEBRUARY 1945 DAYTON ACME CO. CINCINNATI , OHIO., U.S.A. PATENT APPLIED FOR LAMP ASSEM., FLASHLIGHT (HAND ENERGIZED) TYPE A9 SPECIFICATION No.32454 MFR'SNo.16 3-B ORDER No 2084-PHILA-45-54 PROPERTY - AIR FORCES .U.S. ARMY

        • Vehicle, Mercury Aircraft Tug
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Vehicle, Mercury Aircraft Tug

          Motorised tugs were used by ground crew to move aircraft on the ground.

          This tug is of historical significance to the B24-Liberator

          Motorised Aircraft Tug

          MERCURY TRUCK & TRACTOR CO LTD GLOUCESTER ENGLAND-Embossed figurehead of Mercury on front. The MERCURY TRUCK & TRACTOR CO GLOUCESTER , For Spare parts quote chassis no.4962. Tyre Pressure LBS.Per Sq Inch - Front 70 Rear 45 ON plate on Dashboard MORRIS COMMERCIAL embossed on gearbox housing. MT & T embossed on either side of radiator.

        • B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

        • B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Work on paper - Flying Log Book Excerpts - F/LT Norman Kobelke

          F/LT Kobelke was a navigator in a B-24 Liberator

          Photocopied A4 sheets of paper

        • Accessory - Belt Buckle
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Accessory - Belt Buckle

          Large Forged Iron embossed belt buckle.

          B-24 LIBERATOR, 1939-1989, 50th ANNIVERSARY (on front) LIMITED EDITION 50th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE,B-24 LIBERATOR, 1989 BUCKLE CONNECTION, SERIAL 0612 OF 1939. B-24 LIBERATOR Origin: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Co Type: Long-range bomber with normal crew of 10 History: First flight(xb 24) December 29 1939 Withdraw from service 1955-56 It was built in bigger numbers than any other American aircraft in history and served on every front in WW11 and with15 allied nations.

        • B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Flying Log Book LAC J.W. Gribble

          LAC J.W. Gribble qualified for flying for the RAF on B-24 Liberator aircraft from June 1944 until July 1945

          Photocopies on A3 paper of flying log book

          Royal Australian Airforce crest

        • Pilot's Seat, B24 Liberator Pilot's Seat, C1942
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Pilot's Seat, B24 Liberator Pilot's Seat, C1942

          This pilot's seat was part of the B24 Liberator 's fittings.

          The seat although not part of the aircraft's air frame, was bolted to the cockpit floor as a permanent fixture.

          Green painted metal shell of a B24 Liberator aircraft pilot's seat including all fittings.

          None

        • Map Book, Air Pilot Manual of the Pacific Islands, 3.1.1944
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Map Book, Air Pilot Manual of the Pacific Islands, 3.1.1944

          Part of pilot equipment to be carried at all times whilst flying in the South Pacific war zone during WW11

          Kept up to date and confidential maps for landing areas on all Pacific Islands in case of emergency

          Large linen covered paper map book

          Air Pilot Manual of the PACIFIC ISLANDS, confidential, No.4860, 2nd Issue. Office of the ASSISTANT CHIEF OF AIR STAFF INTELLIGENCE Headquarters Army Air Forces, Washington D.C. January 3rd 1944.

        • Flying Log Book M.D. Frecker, April 1937
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Flying Log Book M.D. Frecker, April 1937

          Flt.Lt.M.D.Frecker qualified as a pilot on B-24 Liberator aircraft from April 1944 until the end of November 1945

          Rectangular blue linen bound hard cover book. Also lost earlier log book.

          ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. FLYING LOG BOOK . FORM A.18.(Revised April 1937) (R.A.F. Form 414.)

        • Service Maunuals Case, Service Manuals in officially supplied Case, C. 1930s 1940s
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Service Maunuals Case, Service Manuals in officially supplied Case, C. 1930s 1940s

          Service manuals for the B-24D Liberator aircraft.

          These instruction mauals were officially issued from the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, San Diego, California USA

          Square leather case with 2 handles and metal clasp, with gold inscriptions.

          E. Duplex SUMITON, ALA. CONSOLIDATED VULTEE with an eagle in gold circle. Service Manuals. 01618 i tooled into base of case.

        • Flying Log Book Flt. Lt. Roy Mc Beattie, Flight Log- Liberator Flights
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Flying Log Book Flt. Lt. Roy Mc Beattie, Flight Log- Liberator Flights

          R.M. Beattie qualified as a B24-Liberator pilot on9/05/1944 until he was KIA 2/07/1945.

          Plastic covered ring binder,A4 plastic sheet covered photocopied paper.

          Flight Log Book- Liberator Flights, Flt. Lt. Roy McBeattie 404228 DFM

        • Aero Engine Valve Assembly, Aircraft Radial Engine Valve, C1940
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Aero Engine Valve Assembly, Aircraft Radial Engine Valve, C1940

          Item was found at a Japanese aircraft crash site on Nauru Island 1975

          Indicate Japanese manufacturing level during WW11. The porcelain head on the valve is unusual and difficult to match to steel.

          Valve fitted with spring and porcelain valve head.Slight bend in valve stem due to impact damage.

          None

        • Bomb  Release Quadrant- Scale Model, B24-Liberator Memorial Restoration Fund Incorporated, December 2018
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Bomb Release Quadrant- Scale Model, B24-Liberator Memorial Restoration Fund Incorporated, December 2018

          After an eight year international search for a complete bomb quadrant to fit the B24- Liberator fuselage it was decided to create a replica. This scale mode was used to prove the methodology.

          This scale model allowed us to manufacture a full size complete working replica.This replica is now installed in the B24-Liberator and completes the operational system.

          Quarter circle quadrant with operating levers and security bracket. Body is dark green with two red operating handles.

        • Bomb Release Quadrant, Partial Bomb Release Quadrant, 1942-1945
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Bomb Release Quadrant, Partial Bomb Release Quadrant, 1942-1945

          Created for the purpose of bomb delivery from B-24 Liberator aircraft. The item was originally fitted to RAAF Liberator 72-176. During salvage and disposal operations it was damaged losing 50% of the body. The item was used as a reference to manufacture a complete example.

          An example of late 1930's engineering practice in an endeavour to modernise aircraft technology.

          The item has 50% of it's body missing.Quadrant base and operative lever.Quarter circle casting with operating handle attached,base is squared off with rivets attaching both parts.

          Bomb doors, 32-F-7523 (part number) three times, closed, open, safe, select.

        • B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Oral History, Arthur Cambell Williams History

          Arthur Williams was in the RAAF from13/10/1940 until April 1946 and was a radar operator between February 1945 and April 1946.

          The oral history of Arthur Williams is of historical significance because it provides a first hand account of the individual's experience during WW11 as a member of the RAAF who trained at Tocumwal.He saw active service in the Pacific conflict from Leyburn and Morotai as a radar operator on a B24 Liberator supporting Z Force.

          A4 perspex covered, bound typed copy

          Black printed Arthur Cambell Williams History on grey paper with fancy black border

        • B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

        • Aircraft Recognition Model, Department of Defence, Model Aircraft, Circa 1940's
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Aircraft Recognition Model, Department of Defence, Model Aircraft, Circa 1940's

          Created to supply training and recognition of friendly/enemy aircraft.

          Expanded the skills of recognition for air crew, ground crew and defence activities.

          Large bakelite B17 Flying Fortress aircraft, coloured matt black, including hole for suspension and mobility.

          "Flying Fortress" Boeing B17E.E9-2324 DS^D DLTDC

        • Aircraft Recognition Model, Department of Defence, Model Aircraft, Circa 1940's
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Aircraft Recognition Model, Department of Defence, Model Aircraft, Circa 1940's

          Created to supply training and recognition of friendly/enemy aircraft

          Expanded the skills of recognition for air crew, ground crew and defence activities.

          Small bakelite Spitfire Mk 5 aircraft, coloured matt black, including hole for suspension and mobility.

          "Spitfire" Mk.V. Trop. E9-2275 D^D DC LTD

        • Aircraft Recognition Model, Department of Defence, Model Aircraft, Circa 1940's
          B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc

          Aircraft Recognition Model, Department of Defence, Model Aircraft, Circa 1940's

          Created to supply training and recognition of friendly/enemy aircraft.

          Expanded the skills of recognition for air crew, ground crew and defence activities.

          Small bakelite Curtiss "Helldiver" aircraft model coloured matt black, including hole for suspension and mobility.

          Curtiss SB2C-1 E9-2349 D^D DLTDC.

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