Archerfield @ War

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ARCHERFIELD @ WAR

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Sometimes referred to as Archers Field or Franklin's Farm

visits since 8 November 1998

Archerfield today
Photo taken 7 Nov 1998

Photo from Rod Jackson

Archerfield during WW2

Photo:- Noel Hall

Photograph of Archerfield on 10 Feb 2008 - now hemmed in by development

Photo from Rod Jackson	Larger version of the above photograph of B-17 Flying Fortress #40-3067.
Photo from Bob Livingstone	Another picture of possibly the same aircraft, It has the No. 67 on its tail.

Arrival of first DH86 at Archerfield on 13 Oct 1934. Note the houses on the other side of Beatty Road. The crowd is roughly in the location of the old administration building. The cemetery is to the left of the picture.

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A Liberator and a B-18 at Archerfield during WW2
Photograph from Bruce Hall. Photograph
taken by WW2 photographer W. Myers

The Liberator is a US Ferry Command B-24A, probably #40-2370
which is known to have been at Amberley in February 1942

Photo from Rod Jackson

The same Liberator and a B-18
at Archerfield during WW2

More Photos of Archerfield by W. Myers	History of Archerfield	Col Clark's Historical Report on Archerfield
The War Years	Hangars at Archerfield	Royal Australian Air Force at ARcherfield
RAAF Station Archerfield (Includes details of many RAAF Units that served at Archerfield Aerodrome)	United States Fifth States Fifth Air Force 1942 - 1945	Netherlands East Indies (Dutch) Air Force
HMS Nabsford - Archerfield Plaque to commemorate R.N. Fleet Air Arm who served at Archerfield	Prangs at Archerfield during WWII	The Archerfield Quarry The old quarry, full of military equipment from WW2
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt at Archerfield in 1944	Flying Fighter Adventures The Warbird Experience Located at Archerfield Airport	DC-4 at Archerfield
Battle of Britain Air Display

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
PERTAINING TO ARCHERFIELD

Some old Airline Tickets and a Flight Log Memories of a flight from Archerfield	God's Acre - Grenier Cemetery Located in the grounds of Archerfield aerodrome	Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Plaque to commemorate the 1st flight across the Pacific Ocean
Lores Bonney Solo flight to England in 1933

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Noel Hall, Rod Jackson and Bob Livingstone for their assistance with this home page.

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This page first produced 8 November 1998

This page last updated 11 March 2008