A000395 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-04-27 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-01-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000395b.htm corporateBody Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Commonwealth of Australia AACR2 1921 Start Place Australia Defence Administration Air Force When the Royal Australian Air Force was established in 1921 it was one of the first independent air forces in the world. It was founded in 1912 as the Central Flying School at Point Cook and later became the Australian Flying Corps. Australian Flying Corps (c. 1912 - 1921) Dohnt, Lynley Eva (1900 - 1966?) Harrison, Herbert Clifford (1888 - 1962)

Deputy Director, Repair and Maintenance 1943 - 1946; Director of Technical Services 1930 - 1935.

 Central Inventions Board [Department of Defence], Commonwealth of Australia (1940 - 1941) Army Inventions Directorate, Commonwealth of Australia (1942 - 1946) Pither, Alfred George (George) (1908 - 1971)

Director, Communications and Radar 1954 - 1959; Officer Commanding, RAAF. Base, Laverton, Victoria 1961 - 1962; Staff Officer, Telecommunication Engineering, R.A.A.F. Support Command, Melbourne 1963 - 1966

 Bower, John Crawford (1911 - 1957)

Officer-in-Charge, operational research group 1943 - 1945

 Directorate of Meteorological Services (D.Met.S.), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) (1941 - 1946) McIntyre, Archibald Keverall (1913 - 2002)

Archibald McIntyre served in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) between 1941 and 1946.

 Wheatley, Alice Jean (1904 - 1993)

Matron-in-Chief, RAAF Nursing Service 1946 - 1951

 RAAF Academy, Point Cook, Royal Australian Air Force (1961 - 1986) Douglas, Gilbert Eric (Eric) (1902 - 1970) Hammer, Julie Margaret (1955 - ) Fowler, Stanley (1895 - 1961)

Collaborated 1936 - 1939 and 1942 - 1946 in a series of aerial observations of pelagic stock in coastal waters.

 Baker, Edith Clarice (1899 - 1983) Wood, Francis John Powell (1913 - 1988) Katz, Bernard (1911 - 2003) Hurst, Charles Angas (1923 - 2011) Experimental Aircraft Station, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) (1920s - ?) Department of Air, Commonwealth of Australia (1939 - 1973) Special Duties Performance Flight, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) (1941 - 1947) Doherty, Muriel Knox (1896 - 1988) Johnston, John (1908 - 1980) Warren, David Ronald (1925 - 2010) Kingsland, Richard (1916 - ) Fallon, Robert (1903 - ) Lang, Margaret Irene (1893 - 1983) McDonald, Sydney Fancourt (1885 - 1947) Haldane, Thomas A. Aircraft Research and Development Unit, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) (1947 - ) Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia (1942 - )

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 'Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: A Glimpse of the RAAF Meteorological Service Gibbs, W. J. A Glimpse of the RAAF Meteorological Service 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Conference Paper: Sixty years of engineering in the RAAF Noble, R. Sixty years of engineering in the RAAF 1980 The Royal Aeronautical Society, Australian Division, Melbourne Branch, Sir Lawrence Wackett Lecture Resource Section: Some Recollections of Service in the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology and RAAF Meteorological Service: Mascot and Rose Bay (1938 to 1940): Sojourn in the Far East (1942) Hannay, K. Some Recollections of Service in the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology and RAAF Meteorological Service: Mascot and Rose Bay (1938 to 1940): Sojourn in the Far East (1942) 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: Some Recollections of Service in the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology and RAAF Meteorological Service: Mascot and Rose Bay (1938 to 1940): Sojourn in the Far East (1942), Metarch Papers No. 6 Hannay, K. Some Recollections of Service in the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology and RAAF Meteorological Service: Mascot and Rose Bay (1938 to 1940): Sojourn in the Far East (1942), Metarch Papers No. 6 Bureau of Meteorology 1994 Resource Section: The Story of the RAAF Meteorological Service Joyce, J. The Story of the RAAF Meteorological Service 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: The Story of the RAAF Meteorological Service Joyce, John The Story of the RAAF Meteorological Service Melbourne Bureau of Meteorology 1993 Resource Section: War History of the Australian Meteorological Service in the Royal Australian Air Force April 1941 to July 1946 Haldane, T. War History of the Australian Meteorological Service in the Royal Australian Air Force April 1941 to July 1946 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: Whispering Death: a history of the RAAF's Beaufighter squadrons Parnell, Neville M. Whispering Death: a history of the RAAF's Beaufighter squadrons Sydney Reed 1980 Book: A Glimpse of the RAAF Meteorological Service, Metarch Papers No. 7 Gibbs, W. J. A Glimpse of the RAAF Meteorological Service, Metarch Papers No. 7 Bureau of Meteorology 1995 Resource Section: Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1929-1946: History of Major Meteorological Installations in Australia From 1945-1981: Four Years in the RAAF Meteorological Service: the Bureau of Meteorology in Papua and New Guinea in the 1950s Cornish, A.; Stout, R.; Swan, K.; Glendinning, C. Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1929-1946: History of Major Meteorological Installations in Australia From 1945-1981: Four Years in the RAAF Meteorological Service: the Bureau of Meteorology in Papua and New Guinea in the 1950s 2001 Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Book: Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1929-1946: History of Major Meteorological Installations in Australia From 1945-1981: Four Years in the RAAF Meteorological Service: the Bureau of Meteorology in Papua and New Guinea in the 1950s, Metarch Papers No. 8 Cornish, A.; Stout, R.; Swan, K.; Glendinning, C. Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1929-1946: History of Major Meteorological Installations in Australia From 1945-1981: Four Years in the RAAF Meteorological Service: the Bureau of Meteorology in Papua and New Guinea in the 1950s, Metarch Papers No. 8 Bureau of Meteorology 1996 Resource Section: Primary description of agency CA 6731; RAAF Headquarters Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU), Registration of entity: 16 December 1987 Primary description of agency CA 6731; RAAF Headquarters Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU), Registration of entity: 16 December 1987 National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Book: Australia's Role in International Meteorology - IMO-WMO Centenary 1973-1973 Bureau of Meteorology Australia's Role in International Meteorology - IMO-WMO Centenary 1973-1973 Melbourne Bureau of Meteorology 1973 Book: Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) McKay, Andrew Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) Melbourne CSIRO 1976 Book: War History of the Australian Meteorological Service in the Royal Australian Air Force April 1941 to July 1946, Metarch Papers No. 10 Haldane, T. War History of the Australian Meteorological Service in the Royal Australian Air Force April 1941 to July 1946, Metarch Papers No. 10 Bureau of Meteorology 1997 Book: The Australian aviation industry: history and achievements guiding defence and aviation industry policy Weston, Brian The Australian aviation industry: history and achievements guiding defence and aviation industry policy Fairbairn, A.C.T. Aerospace Centre 2003 Book Section: Fowler, Stanley (1895-1961), fisheries researcher Laurent, John Fowler, Stanley (1895-1961), fisheries researcher Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 210 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Resource Section: No time lost - Stanley Fowler Kay, Bruce No time lost - Stanley Fowler Canberra National Archives of Australia 2024 Stories from the archives 1 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001