B-24 Fund Historical and Memorabilia
Order of Dedication Service for A72-176. Two originals and two photocopies.
Date:- 15th August 2000
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
Australian Geographic
Article on the Fund, Pages 84-91
Three copies, one sealed.
Date:- October-December 1997
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
Original flyer for poster 'King Hit'
By Walker Williams
P.O. Box 196, Laverton, Vic.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
Information on Liberator film held by
the Australian War Museum, Canberra.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
'Flightpath' magazine, Pages 66-71
Article on the wreck of B-24 'Little Eva'.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
B-24 Wreck Sites in the Northern Territory
Manilla folder.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
Copy of Movements History showing disposal of A72-176. show photo
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
Colour aerial photo of Werribee hangar site.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
Special ration cards for the dinner dance
at 21 squadron. October 16th 1999
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
Speech by John Temby
Anzac Day Reunion at the hangar. 2009.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 4.
Cutting from Herald-Sun November 19, 1999. Nat Eichler next to our aircraft.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5.
Flyer for ' Silver Shield ' painting.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5.
Flyer for ' King Hit ' painting.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5.
Australia Post magazine. May 4 1996.
Covers the fuselage reclamation from Moe.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5.
The Weekly Times. May 15 1996.
Page 41 has a mention of the B-24 project.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5.
Bound folder, 'The Spirit of Penelope II' by Theodore (Ted) Williams. Written in 1996. Two copies.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5.
Photos of Dedication Day. From Harold Simmonds.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5.
Classification Report from the National Trust. Undated but written after Dedication Day.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5.
Ring-Binder of publicity items and articles about the restoration
From Colin Grey
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 10
Large photo album of aircraft parts, mainly Liberator.
From Nigel Apperley
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 10
Ring Binder marked 'B-24 Historic Photograph'
Some of these I have scanned and put on the 'photographs' page.
From Colin Grey
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 11
Ring Binder marked 'historic photos binder 2'
A72-7 Two photos, air to air and nose art close-up.
A72-111 Three photos, air to air.
A72-36 One photo, air to air.
A72-45 One photo, air to air.
Two photos of the instrument panel, one in colour.
A72-51 One photo, air to air.
A72-51 One photo, air to air.
From Colin Grey
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 11
Paper trail from Ferrymead Aeronautical
Christchurch, New Zealand
re. trade for Airspeed Oxford fuel tanks.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5
'A Lasting Scar'
Articles on the crash of two Liberators at Henham, Suffolk, UK, 29th March 1944.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5
'Alumination'
Alcoa newsletter dated Jan/Feb 2004 that has a back-page article on our project.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 5
Ring Binder labelled 'support activities, parts & materials correspondence, from Jan 1999 to Mar 2000
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 11
Blue Ring Binder labelled 'Interior of A72-176 at Moe'.
Location:- Library Cabinet B2 Box 17
Engineering drawing of the astrodome mount.Drawn by volunteer Ken Bullen from a Ford Motor Company original blueprint.show photo
Location:- Property of Ken Bullen.