Ad Astra Aviator Podcasts – Air Force Association NSW An initiative by RAAFA NSW to capture the recollections and experiences of both retired and serving Air Force personnel. Full Podcast description and downloads AVAILABLE HERE “The Royal Australian Air Force in person 1921 – 2021 Ad Astra Aviator Podcasts. This is a series of podcasts … More Ad Astra Aviator Podcasts
This rare 16mm colour film of Newcastle (Australia) celebrations during Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day in 1945 was originally silent footage. In 2020 the entire soundscape to accompany the silent footage was created. This newly created audio and reconstruction has turned this historic silent film to what you now hear in this video. Implementation … More Reliving the Victory – 1945- 2020 Reconstruction
Interview with former Pilot Officer Ronald (Ron) Slater who talks about events of 12th November 1963 when he was piloting a Royal Australian Air Force Sabre fight jet (RAAF serial number: A94 – 929) in a formation of eight aircraft from RAAF Williamtown’s No.2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU), his aircraft entered a spin. Ron … More Interview with Pilot Officer Ronald (Ron) Slater
WARRANT OFFICER JAMES H MITCHELL 419051 FLIGHT SERGEANT JAMES MITCHELL In the last week of January 1944, after five tedious days on a troop train from Spencer Street Station to Townsville, I finally arrived at Garbut Airfield. Colin Cox and I travelled together with a thousand others, and although the conditions were cramped … More No. 77 Squadron – Warrant Officer James H. Mitchell (419051)
Robert Lees Andrew the son of Robert Andrew, a Scot who migrated to Australia just as WW1 was starting, and Kathleen Connell, a South Australian. They married after Robert returned from service with the AIF, then lived in Scotland for a time. Bob was born there in the village of Bridge-of-Weir, on 16 February … More No. 77 Squadron – Robert Lees Andrew
KENNETH F. WILKINSON 431527 No. 77 SQUADRON NOTES by Ken Wilkinson Five raw N.C.O. Pilots joined the squadron at Noemfoor, Dutch New Guinea in September 1944 where the squadron had moved to from Manus Island. We were introduced to other pilots, including Peter Hooks, who lived 200 metres from me, was in same … More No. 77 Squadron Notes and Stories by Kenneth F. Wilkinson
Download as FREE eBOOK SWIFT TO DESTROY – An Illustrated History of 77 Squadron RAAF 1942-2012 [34.9MB PDF file] AIR FORCE 100 PROJECT The Royal Australian Air Force marks its 100 years as an independent service on 31 March 2021. See: Air Force 100 – Centenary of Air Force Website As part of this Centenary, … More Air Force 100 Project – Swift to Destroy An Illustrated History of the 77 Squadron RAAF (Williamtown) 1942-2012
A digital copy of an 8mm film shot of the Maitland Floods from the air has been donated to the Archives of the University of Newcastle’s Cultural Collections in the Auchmuty Library. The archival film was shot by the late JEFFREY ALLEN BURNS (1929-2013) in February 1955, and was donated by his daughter, Jenna Reed … More The Newcastle Aero Club Flying Log Book and 8mm Films of Jeffrey Allen Burns (1929-2013)