Items tagged military aviation in MV Collections
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Negative - Lieutenant John R. Duigan, Australian Flying Corps, 1916
Lieutenant John R. Duigan, Australian Flying Corps, shortly after being commissioned as an officer after training at Point Cook.
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Negative - Duigan Flight Memorial Dedication Ceremony, Mia Mia, Victoria, 28 May 1960
Photograph taken at the dedication of a memorial on the 50th anniversary of the first flight of an Australian-built aeroplane by John & Reg Duigan at Mia Mia in Victoria. The memorial w ...
From: Mia Mia, Australia Images: 1 -
Negative - Captain John Duigan, MC, Australian Flying Corps, circa 1918
Captain John Duigan, MC, Australian Flying Corps circa 1918-19. Duigan served with No. 3 Squadron AFC in France where he received the Military Cross for his actions on 9 May 1918 when h ...
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Negative - John Duigan's Pilot Certificates, 1912 & 1916
Photograph of John R. Duigan's pilot's certificates. Top is certificate of Royal Aero Club in the UK (No. 211) awarded to J.R. Duigan on 30 April 1912 after he completed his flying test ...
From: Point Cook, Australia Images: 1 -
Model - Storpedo Stores Container
Dropping supplies by air to Australian troops in the jungle during the Second World War was a difficult problem. Ordinary silk parachute canopies were expensive and used valuable mater ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Flying Helmet - Sierra Engineering Co., HGU-26/P, circa 1980
HGU-26/P military flying helmet manufactured by the Sierra Engineering Co., California, USA. Consists of a fibreglass shell, styrofoam inner liner, pad, earcups, chin-strap and visor as ...
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Compass - Type O2A, 1934
Aircraft compass Type 02A. Air Ministry stores reference no. 6A/0.890, serial no. 8154. This type of compass was used in the observer's position of an aircraft and features an azimuth r ...
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Bag - Aviation Tools, Major H.T Shaw, RFC & RAF, 1915-1918
Leather tool bag. Used by pioneer aviator Major Harry Turner Shaw OBE (1889-1973) during his service with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force 1915-1918. Melbourne-born, Shaw ...
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Parachute - Storpedo Stores Container, circa 1945
24 foot diameter parachute for the Australian-designed Storpedo supply dropping container. Dropping supplies by air to Australian troops in the jungle during the Second World War was a ...
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Bladder - Aviation, 1930-1940
Military issue aviator's artificial bladder. Rubber bag with chromed cup and drain tap.
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