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[Megan Lickliter-Mundon @specsonwrecks]

NOAA @sanctuaries Supports Search for #WWII Plane Wrecks in the Great Lakes with @USNHistory #aviationarchaeology https://t.co/bWgWq5CvQe

[Peter Hobbins @history2wheeler]

It's launched! Watch my movie 'Out of the Blue? How Aviation Accidents Shaped Safer Skies' on YouTube: https://t.co/2czOz4YIwn Thanks to producer @stevenpam and CAHS/Airways Museum @arc_gov_au @UsydSOPHI @air_heritage @naagovau @atsbgovau #aviationcultures

[Caroline Spry @carolinedigs]

Abstract submission closes soon for the Victorian #Archaeology Colloquium 2020! We welcome papers from heritage practitioners & Traditional Owners on the archaeology & cultural heritage of Victoria. Please email me paper details by Mon 13 January #heritage https://t.co/qiZz0khz1w

[AviationHeritage.org @AvHeritageOrg]

Database Update: Updated profile for @AusAirForce Flight Lieutenant James Roderick Hugh Atkinson who flew Beaufighters and Mosquitoes during #WWII. He was killed in the crash of ANA Dakota VH-ANK 'Lutana' on 2 September 1948.
https://t.co/dSnThK652c

[AviationHeritage.org @AvHeritageOrg]

Database Update: Added profile for @AusAirForce Mustang Mk. 20 A68-21 that crashed near Ulan, NSW, on 6 November 1946. The pilot, F/Sgt Peter Mortimer Campbell, was killed and is now buried at the Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery.
📷: @naagovau

[AviationHeritage.org @AvHeritageOrg]

31 members of the @AusAirForce are known to have died on 5 January 1945 - https://t.co/P1j2iAUT7x - #DailyRollOfHonour #RAAF75 #OTD #WWII #WW2 #avgeek

[AviationHeritage.org @AvHeritageOrg]

26 members of the @AusAirForce are known to have died on 29 October 1944 - https://t.co/gzLCpeKsvX - #DailyRollOfHonour #RAAF75 #OTD #WWII #WW2

[ABC News @abcnews]

Two Russian-made helicopters, a diplomatic scandal and the Darwin tip https://t.co/UomCO4bCiB

[Flinders Archaeology @FLINArchaeology]

Join us this Thursday 31/10 for our final 2019 @FLINArchaeology Research Seminar: Prof @tracyireland4 shares the astonishing @arc_gov_au project: Heritage of the Air: modernities/mobilities/materialities @air_heritage
https://t.co/caExUkQKbA 3pm SSN 242 @Flinders

[Daniel J. Leahy is on Bluesky @danieljleahy]

Today I presented my paper, 'A Friendly Invasion', regarding the archaeology of Second World War air power in the Northern Territory, at the 2019 @ASHA_inc Conference. #ASHAPortMac #AviationArchaeology

[Daniel J. Leahy is on Bluesky @danieljleahy]

The academic poster compiled by @ash_matic and myself is now on display at the 2019 @ASHA_inc Conference at @GlasshousePMQ. A digital version will be uploaded to @Academia after the event. @NLinAustralia #ASHAPortMac #AviationArchaeology

[Popular Science @PopSci]

How elite military and scientific teams bring home fallen U.S. soldiers https://t.co/Z9v8xyOndm

[Trove @TroveAustralia]

It’s #AviationDay! A day to celebrate the development of aviation. ✈️

Trove has loads to discover when it comes to Aviation but we thought E.A Crome’s collection of photographs on aviation were perfect for the occasion: https://t.co/4EkGs3wnCd

[AviationHeritage.org @AvHeritageOrg]

A recent article by @history2wheeler and @ElizabethRobP on #WWII @AusAirForce accidents has been published in the Defence Flight Safety Bureau's 'Spotlight' magazine.

See pages 22-27 of the following PDF:
https://t.co/FqZZAGVEDq

[American Veterans Archaeological Recovery @AVAR_USA]

From 1-30 Sept we are excavating a B-24 crash (1944) in England; our mission = collect info that could lead to the ID & recovery of U.S. service members who are still unaccounted for. We are honored to do this as an official partner of the Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency. 1/3

[AviationHeritage.org @AvHeritageOrg]

10 members of the @AusAirForce are known to have died on 12 August 1944 - https://t.co/BUkHd0TWt7 - #DailyRollOfHonour #RAAF75 #OTD #WWII #WW2 #avgeek

[NYT At War @NYTimesAtWar]

Bryan Knight was 5 years old when he said goodbye to his father, Roy A. Knight Jr., at Love Field in Dallas. Roy was killed in Laos shortly after. On Thursday, Bryan, piloting a Southwest Airlines flight, brought the remains of his father home. https://t.co/j7RuMbLdsT

[AviationHeritage.org @AvHeritageOrg]

4 members of the @AusAirForce are known to have died on 7 August 1944 - https://t.co/74S59hjgbu - #DailyRollOfHonour #RAAF75 #OTD #WWII #WW2 #avgeek

[AviationHeritage.org @AvHeritageOrg]

@DarrenChesterMP @AusAirForce Our profile for Catalina A24-50 of No. 11 Squadron, RAAF, can be found here...
https://t.co/uteefJFO2j

[AviationHeritage.org @AvHeritageOrg]

A recent media release from @DarrenChesterMP regarding the search and recovery of #WWII @AusAirForce Catalina A24-50 in West Papua - https://t.co/aRTi75InBL - #POWMIA #WW2 #WestPapua