Australian Built DAP Beaufighter Mk.21

Quotations and Reflections

Barnes Wallis' 22,000 lb Grand Slam bunker busting munition preserved at RAF Coningsby,  September 2002 (Image © 2002 - 2012 Perry Beor).

The EMW Wasserfall W-10 Surface to Air Missile narrowly missed out on operational use. It would have had a devastating impact on the Allied Combined Bomber Offensive in 1944-45.

RAAF Museum Historic Flight Winjeel A85-439  captured over the Sandown Racecourse during a low altitude aerobatic display in November, 2012.

UH-1D Iroquois at the Dandenong RSL, Victoria, Australia (Image © 2011 Carlo Kopp; Sekor C 45 mm f/2.8N + Fotodiox Pro adaptor / D90).

Cockpit of AVRO Lancaster B.VIIFE NX622 under restoration at Bull Creek, Western Australia, circa 1993 (Image © 2011 Carlo Kopp; Pentax SF7).

Above, below: Hurricane IIc LF363 and Spitfire IIa P7350 at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Hangar, RAF Coningsby, September 2002. Both types played a prominent role in the Battle of Britain (Images © 2002 - 2012 Perry Beor).

Above, below: Spitfire LFIX MK356 and Spitfire PRXIX PS915 at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Hangar, RAF Coningsby, September 2002. The LFIX was a low altitude tactical variant used extensively for interdiction during the latter phase of WW2, while the PRXIX was a specialised photo-reconnaissance variant which remained in operational use until 1954 in the Far East. Both aircraft have since been repainted (Images © 2002 - 2012 Perry Beor).