On a December day in 1944, Deniliquin was hit by a dust storm and five photographs were taken as it arrived at the Airport.
The five photographs were not numbered but hopefully we got them in the right order, what we do know is that the storm arrived at 4:30pm.
It is likely that this had occurred on December 10, 1944, as the Daily Telegraph reported that Deniliquin had a heavy dust storm on that date.
Deniliquin wasn’t the only place to have one as Griffith, Ivanhoe, Menindie, Armidale and Tweed Heads also had a dust storm with dust rising to at least 10,000 feet in the air and it even affected Fiji.
Fiji is some 2414km away from Sydney, that’s how bad it was.
As seen in the last photograph the dust storm reached a row of three visible aircraft that you can see in the fifth photo.
The best thing about the photos is that it gives a good look at the RAAF buildings, aircraft and personnel.
We will continue to try find out more about this event.
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