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Photograph 0049 - 5ACS Personnel Paving a Taxiway RAAF Darwin 1959

The penultimate phase in the construction of a temporary taxiway onto runway 11/29 RAAF Darwin. Truck driven by LAC Bob Nicholson and paver operated by Corporal Widdowson. The final phase would be performed by the heavy roller.

Photographer: Ken Hodge

 

A twenty minute DVD of 5ACS taken by the RAAF film team showing most facets of the Darwin airstrip construction including a short piece on Darwin River Quarry is now available from the NAA [National Archives of Australia] for about $25. If you would like to try before you buy I think you can arrange a viewing at any of the NAA buildings around Australia.

The series number is C5423 and the control symbol is 1407413.

 

 

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Uploaded on July 15, 2009
Taken sometime in 1959