Al Avery's
Collection is presented courtesy of Steve Clements,
Royal Australian Air Force Museum in Melbourne, Australia
"It is an album collected
by the late Alan Avery, who was killed while flying in a Meteor T7
(two-seater) with FLT LT Eric Johnston. The story is an interesting
one in that Alan was due to be married two weeks later, and his fiancée
was named Chloe, and his single-seat aircraft (you'll see the picture)
was named after her. She was a dental nurse at Iwakuni, and the aircraft
dived into the ocean off Japan whilst being couriered back to Japan.
There was a large thunderstorm, apparently. The aircraft was one of
two flying, the other piloted by Randall Green, a pilot who frequents
the RAAF Museum, and lives about a mile from me. Randall was to be
Alan's best man at the wedding." -- Steve Clements
Subject: A77 Gloster Meteors taking off from Iwakuni
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Iwakuni, Japan
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: 77SQN
Control Tower and Ops room
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea (?)
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Pilots
Colebrook, Drummond, Reading
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Pilot "Blue" Philip
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Gloster
Meteor Mk 8s on flooded tarmac
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Gloster
Meteor Mk 8s on flooded tarmac
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Pilots in Hut having a drink
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Pilots
in bar
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Pilots
relax at Kimpo
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: No. 77 Sqdn having a good time
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: A26 Sunderland moored on water
Unit: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: A77 Gloster Meteors lined up at Iwakuni Air Base
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Iwakuni, Japan
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: A77 Gloster Meteors lined up at Iwakuni Air Base
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Iwakuni, Japan
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: A77-17
Gloster Meteor Mk8
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: A77-368 Gloster Meteor Kev Foster at 20,000 ft.
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: A77-730
Gloster Meteor crashed at airfield
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: A77-734
Gloster Meteor
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Iwakuni, Japan
Date: 1952
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: A77-728
Gloster Meteor
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: May 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: South
Korean Soldier
Unit: 13th ROK Security Battalion
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Airmen
at entrance to Dakota Trail Inn
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Airmen
of 77SQN building snowman in Korea
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Airmen
standing next to Hawker Sea Fury
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Airmen's
Mess at Iwakuni
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Iwakuni, Japan
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Al
Avery (2nd left) and friends
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Al
Avery (stdg left), 77SQN friends
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Al
Avery in cockpit of A77 Gloster Meteor Mk 7
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Al
Avery in the cockpit of A77 Gloster Meteor Mk 8
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Al
Avery with offensive weapon
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Al
Avery and Bomber Hill in front of base sign
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Artwork
from nose of RB-26
Unit: 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: RB-26
Nose Art - "Dark Eyes"
Unit: 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: RB-26
Nose Art
Unit: 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: RF-80 "Camera Window" Art
Unit: 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Nose Art on unknown US Aircraft - "KTTV Channel 11"
Unit: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Bill
Middlemiss
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Blackboard art in ops room
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Blackboard
cartoon
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: "Blue"
Philp, Ken Murray, Johnny Myer at table
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: "Blue"
Philp, RAAF 77 SQN pilot
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Blue Philp and Val Turner at the bar
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Bomber
Hill, 77SQN pilot
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Boats
at pier
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Boys
at beach - Don Armit on right
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Boys ready for a swim - Reading, Armit, Avery
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Bruce
Philp and friends
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Burning squad tent
Unit: Unknown
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Camp
with artillery guns
Unit: Unknown
Location: Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Cec Sly, Al Avery, and Keith Meggs
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Chloe
- dental nurse at Iwakuni
Unit: Unknown
Location: Iwakuni, Japan
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Consolidated
Privateer - Liberator variant
Unit: Unknown
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Frank
Blackwell, 77SQN pilot, at left
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Fred
Collins having a bite to eat
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Japan ?
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Fred Collins and
Neil Woodroffe
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Japan ?
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: French
Air Force spotting aircraft from Sourane
Unit: Al Avery
Location: Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Gen.
Partridge arrives, Dick Creswell at left
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Having a drink in the Mess
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Hawker Sea Fury lineup; 3 aircraft on land wings folded
Unit: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Hill
356, South Korean stronghold
Unit: ROK
Location: Hill 356, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Hunt, Mitchell and Avery at front
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: Ken Blight in cockpit of 77 SQN Meteor
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1952
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Max
Scammell kiwi in RAF and actor Errol Flynn in front of A77 Glos
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Men
in Jeep on road
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Meteor Mk 8s 77SQN on tarmac
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Neil
Woodroffe at left
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Painting - Chloe - hanging in Mess
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Party in mess 77 SQN men
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Pilots - Unknown, Lt. Paul Marco (15th TRS), Unknown
Unit: 15th TRS and No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Pilots
warming up in huts
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject:Pilot Officer Al Avery sitting in cockpit A77 Gloster Meteor
"Chloe"
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknown
Subject: RAAF Mustang A68-154
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Korea
Date: 1950 - 51
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: RAAF
servicemen 77SQN Korea standing on bridge
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: RAN
Hawker Sea Fury after landing accident
Unit: Unknown
Location: Iwakuni, Japan
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Ron Mitchell at right in water with friends
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Ron
Mitchell, Unk, and Al Avery
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Unknwn
Subject: Servicemen around field gun
Unit: Unknown
Location: Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Servicemen at airfield
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Short Sunderland on water
Unit: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: SQN
LDR Dick Creswell and senior officer
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Tarmac
Haneda Air Base
Unit: Unknown
Location: Haneda Air Base, Tokyo, Japan
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: The quay to Miajina
Unit: NA
Location: Japan
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Truck
convoy in hills
Unit: Unknown
Location: Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Unknown aircraft
carrier
Unit: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Unknown
on horse
Unit: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Unknown RAAF member in street scene
Unit: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Unknown ship in harbor
Unit: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Unknown
ROK soldiers
Unit: 13th ROK Security Battalion
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: US
Navy Martin Mariner
Unit: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: USAF
F86 Sabre
Unit: 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: USAF
F86 Sabre
Unit: 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: USAF T33
Unit: Unknown
Location: Iwakuni, Japan
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Vance Drummond gets a haircut
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
Subject: Viv Waterson in front of Meteor
Unit: No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Location: K-14 Airfield, Kimpo, Republic of Korea
Date: 1951
Photographer: Al Avery
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