Sunday, 16 December 2018

RAAF Beaufighters - Australian War Memorial public domain footage



Activities of 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU), RAAF at Williamtown, NSW sometime after January 1945 can be seen in this Australian War Memorial footage.




Scenes include Beaufighters being serviced by Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), armourers fitting rockets to underwing rails, aerial shots of Beaufighters in flight and firing rockets at sea. Portrait shots of RAAF pilots in front of and seated in aircraft. (Beaufighters A8-71, A8-75, A8-93 & A8-97 shown in this film were delivered to 5 OTU in January 1945. Information provided by RAAF Historical)