Relics held by the Australian War Memorial

[ian_]

Idle googling found this fascinating collection:
Browning Mk II aircraft machine gun recovered from Boomerang A46-134 : Flying Officer E R Staley, 4 Squadron RAAF | Australian War Memorial
Control wheel from B-25G Mitchell : 820th Bomb Squadron, 41st Bomb Group, 7th USAAF | Australian War Memorial
Zeppelin L31 Superstructure Part : Pearson family, Little Heath Essex, England | Australian War Memorial
Name plate from a Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp aero engine from aircraft A9-81 | Australian War Memorial
Wing tip of Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bomber : First raid on Darwin | Australian War Memorial
Some amazing and sobering stories.

[Wagriff]

Fascinating relics and even more so the stories with them. I've always liked hearing the Histories behind relics more so than the relic itself. The Mitchell Bomber tale is particularly disturbing with the "Several black objects fell out of plane" part. Truly chilling...

[willie45]

The mention of Beaufort A9-81 reminded me of the ADF-Serials site. An oldie but a goodie, a great resource for researchers of ADF and NZDF aircraft.
Welcome to ADF Serials

Cheers, Willie.